Robin Densmore Fuson

  We all need people to help us along the road of life, someone to make our lives easier or to strengthen our resolve. We will meet five such people in our talk today from the Sidekick and Better Half series, titled Come Alongside. Our main character is Apostle Paul, the writer of thirteen books of the New Testament, which are called letters or epistles. Some scholars attribute the Book of Hebrews to the writing of Paul. Paul steps onto the pages of scripture as a fervent Jew named Saul who imprisoned and killed believers and followers of Jesus. As a young man, he witnessed and agreed to the martyrdom of Stephen in Acts 7-8. In Acts 9 we read of the miraculous appearing of the Lord Jesus to Saul, blinding him with brilliance. His travel companions led him by the hand to Damascus, where the first Come Alongside person, named Ananias, helped him. Ananias heard the Lord’s call to go help Saul, but he was frightened. Saul killed followers of the Lord. “Lord, I’ve heard many...