The Greatest

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The Greatest Salesman In the World Part 2
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• As a youth, Hafid was a camel boy for the wealthy
  trader, Pathros.
• When given the opportunity to be a salesman for
  Pathros, Hafid gives away the one item he had to
  sell, a red robe, to an infant in a manger.
• When Hafid returns, Pathros gives him a box
  containing 10 ancient scrolls.
• After putting the scrolls to use, Hafid becomes
  the greatest salesman in the world.
• Late in life, in retirement, Hafid waits for the
  one to arrive to whom he is destined to give the
  scrolls.
• Paul, a Jewish Christian, arrives at Hafids
  house to meet Hafid.
• After seeing the red robe he once gave to the
  baby in the manger, Hafid gives Paul the scrolls.

Where we left off
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The Original 10 Scrolls
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The NewScrolls
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Damascus
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Damascus
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Caesarea Philippi
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Caesarea Philippi
Located 30 miles south of Damascus
Where Hafid makes his first speech as a traveling
orator
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Nazareth
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Nazareth
Located in north central Israel
Where Hafid meets Sergius Paulus
Christ's hometown
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Mount Hermon
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Mount Hermon
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Rome
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Rome
Hafid's last speaking engagement and where Paul
is in prison
The capital city of the Roman Empire
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Where will your sales journey take you?
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Where did Paul's sales journey take him?
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Paul traveled over 11,000 miles, including over
6,000 miles on foot.
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Paul's Central Message
"Through Jesus Christ, one's sins can be forgiven"

1. All people are sinful.
2. Christ died to pay the penalty for our sins.
3. Salvation is available to all.
4. Our salvation is unearned, and we are saved by
   trusting completely in Christ and His finished
   work.
5. We must ask Christ to come into our lives.

6. When we receive Christ, we experience a new
birth. We become a new person. 7. We are assured
eternal life with God. 8. We experience freedom
from the penalty of sin. 9. We become like
Christ. 10.We discover Gods limitless love.
(Romans 3)
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• flogged 5 times
• beaten with rods 3 times
• stoned until his assailants thought he was dead
• shipwrecked three times
• stranded in the open ocean after his ship was
  destroyed for a night and a day
• threatened by bandits
• threatened by other Jews
• threatened by Gentiles
• attacked from within his group
• forced to go without sleep, water, and food
• forced to travel naked and in the cold
• all the while bearing the weight of concern for
  the new Christian Church that was established
  largely through his efforts
• (2 Corinthians 1124-28)

Paul was
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Why was Paul so motivated?
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In his own words
But whatever was to my profit I now consider
loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I
consider everything a loss compared to the
surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my
Lord, for whose sake I have lost all
things. Philippians 37-8
Paul said he was so motivated because Christ
had changed his life, and knowing Christ
became more important to him than anything else.
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In his own words
For the Lord himself will come down from Heaven,
with a loud command, with the voice of the
archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and
the dead in Christ will rise firstNow brothers
about times and dates we do not need to write
you, for you know very well that the day of the
Lord will come like a thief in the night. 1
Thessalonians 416, 51-2
Paul said that he believed Christ would return
to earth, and those who followed Christ would go
to be with Christ while others would enter
eternal damnation and it would happen suddenly.
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In his own words
On the contrary, they saw that I had been
entrusted with the task of preaching the Gospel
to the Gentiles, just as Peter had been to the
Jews. For God, who was at work in the ministry
of Peter as an apostle to the Jews, was also at
work in my ministry as an apostle to the
Gentiles. Galatians 27-8
Paul said that he was given the responsibility of
telling Gentiles about Christ. He had to tell
them no one else was.
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Was Paul a successful salesperson?
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Let's Compare
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Hafid never really existed. Through Paul's
efforts, the world was changed.
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What is true success?