Apostle Paul's Beliefs

My neighbour and friend died recently and he amazed me with his dying sentiments. These were not uttered on his death bed but spoken to me some months before he died but prior to his fatal decline into senility and helplessness. He was concerned about his legacy and he was deeply concerned how he would be view afterwards but he tried to be diplomatic and casual about it.

This man would be deemed a success by his peers and all his countrymen would look back on his life and heap great praise and accolades on his majestic life. All this was said at his funeral by government ministers and big-wigs and there seemed to be a rapturous consensus that this was a man of great accomplishment, dignity and of the finest reputation. All of this seemed appropriate
One time after stoning Paul the Jews dragged him out of the city and left him for dead (Acts 14:19) only for Paul to recover and continue to do God's work.

I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT means that life is a fight and we can fight it well, manfully and with distinction or we can become supine, toothless and dilatory and let life overwhelm us and make excuse after excuse for our failure and blame everyone in sight and excuse ourselves. You only have to look back and examine Paul's life to see how he conducted himself and with what probity and integrity he conducted his business.

Paul worked with his own hands for his upkeep; working as a tentmaker along with others so that no man could accuse him of scrounging. "After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers." (Acts