The rapid development of the early Christian churches was in no small measure attributable to the earnest persuasiveness of Paul. In the eighth chapter of Romans we find him declaring himself to be "persuaded" of man's total inseparability from the all-encompassing love of God.Rom. 8:38, 39.
Paul was so fully convinced of the perfect nature of the one all-loving God and of his own true selfhood in Christ that he was intensely persuasive to others. His eloquent defense of his clear vision of the healing, saving Christ made King Agrippa exclaim, "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." Acts 26:28. Having felt the transformation and healing that came with following Christ, Paul was dynamic in proclaiming "the way" to all who would listen.
This was no merely human persuasion. Rather, the revitalizing power of the Word was working to awaken Paul's consciousness. And for all who felt the spiritual impetus of the Word, there was spiritual rebirth.
