Paul: A Servant of Jesus Christ

by Frederick Brotherton Meyer

Publisher:

Fleming H. Revell

, 1897

Overview

Baptist preacher and close friend of D.L. Moody, Frederick Brotherton Meyer chronicled the lives of many biblical figures, but calls his biography of Paul “by far the most interesting” to write. “For days and weeks together,” he notes, “I have lived in the company of this glorious man; but only to feel that he transcended all one’s loftiest conceptions. Like some great mountain range, the more his character is traversed, the more it grows on the imagination.” Looking mainly to the Epistles, Meyer describes Paul’s life from his own writings—his life as it appeared to him. Gain insight into the prolific apostle as Meyer shares fruit of many years of reflection and study. In this engaging biography, you’ll journey through the twists and turns of Paul’s life while Meyer reveals the colorful story of a man fully yielded to God.

Key Features

• Presents classic sacred biography from F.B. Meyer
• Provides insight into the life of Paul
• Uses the Epistles to tell Paul’s story from within

Contents

• Pre-Natal Grace
• “When I Was a Child”
• Separated from the Birth
• “Thy Martyr, Stephen”
• A Light from Heaven
• The Inner Revelation of Christ
• The Emergence of the Life Purpose
• “Always Led in Triumph”
• The Apostle of the Gentiles
• “Fourteen Years Ago”
• The Conflict of Paul’s Life
• A Lesson in Guidance
• “Ye Philippians”
• From Philippi to Athens
• “In Weakness and Fear”
• More than a Conqueror
• Gathering Clouds
• The Furtherance of the Gospel
• “More Abundantly than They All”
• “In a Strait, Betwixt Two”
• “How Large Letters”

Top Highlights

“The Father gave Him all those who in the fulness of times should come. But why some have an affinity with the Man of the cross, and not others; why some come and others stay away; why some sheep hear the Shepherd’s voice and follow, while others persist in straying, is one of those secrets which are not revealed as yet to the children of men.” (Page 11)

“God; who would have eternal affinity with Him in death and resurrection: and of these it is said, ‘Whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren’ (Rom. 8:29).” (Page 10)

“So Paul had seen Jesus. Before the glory of that heavenly vision all other objects of attraction had paled. He counted all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus his Lord. In comparison with his finished work, all his own efforts were futile. It was a relief to turn from his own righteousness, which was of the law, and to avail himself of God’s method of righteousness, which was through faith in Christ.” (Page 26)

“There is one test only which can really show whether we are right or wrong: it is our attitude to Jesus Christ. If our religious life revolves around anything less than Himself—though it be the doctrines of Christianity, work for Him, the rules of a holy life—it will inevitably disappoint and fail us.” (Page 27)

“‘He that teacheth not a trade is as though he taught his son to be a thief’—so ran the old Jewish proverb” (Page 23)

Product Details

• Title: Paul: A Servant of Jesus Christ
• Author: Frederick Brotherton Meyer
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell
• Print Publication Date: 1897
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Pages: 203
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Paul, the Apostle, Saint
• Resource ID: LLS:PAULSRVNTJC
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:01:53Z

About Frederick Brotherton Meyer

Frederick Brotherton Meyer (1847–1929) was a Baptist pastor and evangelist in England. He was educated at Brighton College, University of London, and Regent’s Park College. Meyer was well known for his friendship with Dwight L. Moody, and became involved with ministry work on both sides of the Atlantic. Upon his death he was described as “The Archbishop of the Free Churches.”

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