Kingdom's Call (18 page)
Authors: Chuck Black
HAPTER
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1. Answer based on personal experience; Isaiah 5:20.
2. John 21:25.
3. Acts 9:9, 19.
4. The Pharisees became experts on the Law, which was God's Word. However, they used the Law without grace or mercy to elevate themselves, which Jesus called hypocrisy.
5. This man from a distant land was a Silent Warrior. He was referring to the point in time when the Prince would give up His own life for the kingdom because of His compassion. This refers to Jesus Christ's crucifixion and restoration for the world.
6. Gavin was beginning to be truly humble. This is important in our lives as well, because humility is necessary to receive God's forgiveness (Matthew 23:12).
7. Ananias's visit to Saul to heal him from his blindness. Read Acts 9:10â18.
8. The Crimson River represents the crimson blood of Jesus Christ that cleanses us from our sins.
9. Acts 9:23.
10. Matthew 12:50.
HAPTER
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1. The King was using Gavin to do His work even before he was a Knight of the Prince, much to the anger of the Dark Knight. This is allegorical to the fact that God used Paul even before he was a Christian. Although Paul's intentions were for evil, God used them for good. Paul persecuted the Christians so severely that they were forced to leave Jerusalem,
thereby spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ across the land, even to the Gentiles.
2. Isaiah 55:8â9 and 1 Peter 1:12.
3. The Prince.
4. The return of the Prince to rule and to reign; this represents the second coming of Jesus Christ (Philippians 2:10â11).
5. Psalm 34:18 and 147:3.
6. Heart (Psalm 147:10â11) and peace (Philippians 4:7).
7. Paul says he did not confer with flesh and blood to understand his new relationship with Jesus Christ. We should be careful and consult God's Holy Word as the source of truth in our relationship with Him as well.
8. It symbolizes when the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in us and gives us wisdom and understanding about things we may have always seen but never truly understood (Psalm 146:8; Isaiah 29:18; and Isaiah 42:7).
9. Paul's thorn in the flesh (2 Corinthians 12:7â10). God allowed a messenger of Satan to give Paul this thorn to keep him humble, just as Gavinaugh received his wound from Devinoux, a warrior of the Dark Knight.
10. Paul had to learn how to use the Word of God
for
God with the perspective of Jesus being the Messiah as foretold in the Old Testament, and it was probably different to think in that way. Having been very knowledgeable on Old Testament Law, doctrine, and prophecy, Paul had to apply this knowledge in a whole new way.
11. God's love for all people, not just the Jews (John 3:16).
12. When Saul's name is changed to Paul (Acts 13:9; 2 Corinthians 5:17).
The conversion of Paul is undeniably a spectacular example of Jesus Christ's dramatic intervention in the life of one man. The story itself is a faith-building testimony, for by the world's standards, Paul had everything to lose and nothing to gain. He was a man of power, wealth, influence, and comfort, but once he became a Christian, he was hunted, outcast, poor, and persecuted. A naysayer might claim that Paul was only looking for fame, but promoting the theological views of someone else is a strange way to gain fame. What is remarkable about Paul is that he carried his zeal to persecute the followers of Jesus over to his efforts to preach and promote Christ to the world. There apparently was never a time of apathy in his life. His impact on the world for the gospel of Christ is second only to Jesus Himself.
The character of Gavinaugh was difficult to portray in
Kingdom's Call
simply because he is first an enemy and persecutor of the Prince before he becomes a champion for His cause. It is therefore challenging to allow too much sympathy for our hero until his “road to Damascus” encounter. In
Kingdom's Quest
, the compassion and courage of Sir Gavinaugh make him an endearing character that the reader is easily able to identify with.
I have endeavored to capture portions of Paul's spiritual life in allegorical form. The events that chronicle his life are so fascinating and adventuresome by themselves that I find my
writing grossly inadequate by comparison. I hope this book will open your eyes to the spiritual battle that was raging as a result of God's profoundly earthshaking design to establish His church in this fallen, dark world. Above all, my prayer is that you will search God's Holy Word and discover the adventure He has waiting for you!
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new
creation; old things have passed away;
behold, all things have become new
.
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ORINTHIANS
5:17