Chords for The Apostle 02-18 - Tradition of Our Fathers.

_ Saul the persecutor.
That's how the early followers of Christ knew him.
I knew him too, but in a far more personal way.
I am Luke, once his physician, then traveling companion and fellow laborer.
_ Saul was an amazing man.
Hebrew Pharisee, Greek philosopher and Roman citizen all in one.
And perhaps the greatest thinker of his age, or any age.
_ Sent from Tarsus as a boy of 13 to study education, law and theology in Jerusalem for the office of rabbi.
Steeped in Jewish traditions.
He had mastered all by his late 20s and become proud and boastful, but the zeal for God that very nearly extinguished the early church.
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_ [F#] Christian of our [C#] Father, [F#] bind us to [C#] the Lamb.
[F#] Behold into us [C#]
richer, [G#m] be labored by [C#m] God hand.
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_ _ [C#m] _ _ [G#] Tell us [C#m] for the council, _ [G#] destruction [C#m] to the way.
[G#] I'll scourge and make [C#m] them [G#] blaspheme.
God my help [C#m] I pray.
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[F#] Behold into us richer, [E] be labored by [C#m] God hand.
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Seeking God's favor, young Saul fell under extremist influences, which led to his supervising the martyrdom of Stephen.
With letters from the high priest, he set out beyond the boundaries of Jerusalem to carry out an inquisition.
What happened on the way immediately changed the course of his life and [N] eventually the