Paul in the bible for kids

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Paul was born into a successful Jewish family. He had a bright future ahead of him. When he was 14 years old, he was sent to the best school in Jerusalem to become a Jewish Pharisee. A Pharisee was a person who knew a lot about the Jewish doctrine and the laws. Many of them were powerful, and they often used their knowledge to make sure that the other Jews followed the rules that they thought were right.

One thing Paul and the other Pharisees thought was not right was to believe that Jesus was the son of God and our Savior. At that time, those who believed in Jesus and called themselves Christians were often persecuted, thrown in prison, and even stoned.

Paul was one of the most zealous persecutors of the Christians. He put everything into eradicating faith in Jesus and he was willing to go further than most of the others. He would even follow the Christians who had fled to Damascus in order to arrest them. But on the way to Damascus, something strange ha

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From a blinding light to angry mobs to a shipwreck, the Apostle Paul’ story is one that involves devotion, determination and drama.

When these sixteen lessons from the life of Paul are grouped together children are better able to grasp how God used Paul and others to expand the reach of the good news of Jesus to far away places .

The lessons are already covered on this website within the book of Acts section but are grouped together here in case you would like to cover Paul’s Life as a theme.

Each of these sixteen lessons listed below include:

A Bible lesson and teaching instructions
Practical and enjoyable activities to help children learn
Links to other online resources
A slideshow to view online or download and use
The same slideshow in .pdf if you choose to download and print
An online video depicting the story from Paul’s point of view

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Ideas for Teaching These Lessons:

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In this gods lesson of the series, children will discover how Paul served God according to his belief that God’s promises would komma true. Paul was alive during the time of the early church and was used greatly bygd God to teach others about faithfulness, obedience, and suffering for Christ. This lesson contains a fun craft and word scramble as supplements for reviewing the lektion and series.
TARGET AGES: 9 – 13 Older Elementary. You may need to simplify this lesson when working with younger children.
CURRICULUM UNIT: This lesson fryst vatten part of the Who was …. ? series on major Bible characters.
OBJECTIVE: To teach the children that God’s promises can be trusted.
MAIN IDEA: Paul had a hard past, but when he became a believer he wholeheartedly trusted God’s promises. We learn from Paul’s life that earthly circumstances can’t stop God’s promises from coming true.
SCRIPTURE PASSAGES: 2 Corinthians 11:23-30, 2 Corinthians 12:6-10, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 1