Paul, a person whose life was dramatically changed from prosecuting those who loved Jesus, to living a life for Chris and sharing the gospel. His ministry influenced the church we are part of today.
He grew up in a town called Tarsus which made him a Roman citizen. Romans thought that they had it all and was high in society. He used his authority to get Christians thrown in jail and killed. Before God changed his life, Paul was an enemy of Christ followers and God took his actions very personally. Since we are children of God, he wants to take care of us and his heart hurts when people hurt us. God had enough of his hurtful action, so he chose to intervene.
In Acts God called out to Paul in verse seven “Saul, Saul why do you work so hard against Me?”. God shined a bright light down from the sky which made Paul lose his sight for three days. Paul listened to the call and began traveling the world to tell people about Jesus.
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At first his devotion was for the wrong reason and for a bad cause. But after his conversion he was fully devoted to Christ and living for him.
Another characteristic Paul had was joy. No matter where he was, he always had joy. In jail, he had joy. When being beaten he had joy. When he was shipwrecked he had joy. His perspective of the suffering he was going through was a joyful one. He had an amazing outlook on life's sufferings. The big picture was that either way he won. If he died he'd go to heaven which he k. If he lived he'd be telling people about God and that was his
... Paul wanted to get out of the war. Maybe Paul died on the right day; he loves quiet, and he dies on possibly the quietest day of the whole war. Maybe he just wanted to end his misery. In any case, Paul cannot accept the philosophy of war and thus gives himself up for death.
When Paul's father took him out of school and demanded he not work or see anyone at the Theatre, I believe it was at this point of the story that he took away apart of Paul's life, his fantasy life. He took away Paul's meaning of life and put him back into the reality, the world Paul did not like because for him it was the instruments, the music and the lights, as well as, his job responsibilities which made him feel like someone special.
The most compelling description of Paul is that he is dependable, and will always be devoted to his unit even during times of hopelessness. Some soldiers gave up at the end of the war because they thought that the war would never end, and that the Allies would not give up until all the Central Powers were defeated. Paul is not one of those soldiers; instead he was the one that remained devoted to his country. In his description of war, Paul says, “…a great brotherhood, which adds something of the good fellowship...and of the desperate loyalty to one another of men condemned to death, to a condition of life arising out of the tension and forlornness of death” (272). This displays that Paul still remains whole, and that he hasn’t been impaired by
Paul the Apostle, was a famous preacher of first century Christianity and was God’s tool used to spread the light of the gospel to the Gentiles. Paul is credited fir having written many books in the New Testament of the Bible. He was born an Israelite to a clan of the tribe of Benjamin, speaking the Aramaic and Hebrew tongues from infancy. He was an enthusiastic student and a stringent devotee of the Torah. He was the man that later had a peculiar meeting with the Lord Jesus Christ while on the road to Damascus. His life and duty were considerably altered and in turn eventually changed the course of the development of Western Civilization and culture.
“Turning him over one saw that he could not have suffered long; his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come.” Paul dies with a smile on his face. Why would Paul be happy if he has died?
Paul believes that everyone around him is beneath him. He is convinced that he is superior to everyone else in his school and in his neighborhood. He is even condescending to his teachers, and shows an appalling amount of contempt for them, of which they are very aware.
Although Paul is physically alive for almost all of the story, he does not consider this really living. Paul moves through life with little to no interest in anything aside from art, something the text describes
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God— 2 the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures 3 regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life[a] was a descendant of David, 4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power[b] by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. 5 Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from[c] faith for his name’s sake. 6 And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
As previously stated, in the beginning of the book, Paul was super quiet, shy, and lonely. In fact, his only friend was his mom. Paul never tried to change anything, and never made his voice heard. He had terrible self esteem - mainly because he felt it was his fault he was blind, and had to
The betrayal that Paul felt along with the rest of his generation, caused for them to become even more lost than they already were. They no longer knew what or whom to believe. Their parents, teachers, and government, had in many cases left them to fend for themselves. This caused the lost generation to lose their youth, and become old folks, it probably also accounts for the animalistic nature they developed. The government, and media influencing how the soldiers of one country, viewed the soldiers of another, made the animalistic nature much worse. All of the betrayal most likely also took an emotional toll on all the soldiers; even the ones who survived would not be able to forget the betrayal. The one positive thing that all the betrayal from parents, teacher, governments, and media brought though, was the strong bound in comradeship.
Paul wanted to gain the love his mother more than anything. He chose to conform to the path of luck. While pursing this personal desire, he became overwhelmed with in it and this ultimately led to his demise. If he would have been able to control his desire it may have been able to save him from tragedy. When an individual chooses to conform to meet the ideals of another individual in order to achieve there own personal desire, they can not sacrifice everything for that persons ideals because it can often result in tragedy.
Paul believes that he was tricked into joining the army and fighting in the war. This makes him very bitter towards the people who lied to him. This is why he lost his respect and trust towards the society. Teachers and parents were the big catalysts for the ki...
...victim to one of the physical dangers of war. The mental beating that Paul was bound to take meant that he was doomed.
Paul's first missionary journey was to the island of Cyprus. Salamis was there first destination on the island. During his stay in Salamis Paul and Barnabas preached in the Jewish synagogues, while John also ministered with them. The next stop Paul and Barnabas made was Paphos at the almost opposite end of Cyprus. While in Paphos they found a Governor called Sergius Paulus who wanted to hear their teachings. However, the Governor had sorcerer, Elymas, in his company, who did not want him to hear the word of God. Paul being filled with the Holy Ghost admonished Elymas and said, "O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season" (Acts 13:10-11). Elymas being struck blind astonished the Governor and he believed the word of the Lord that apostles had spoken to him. After leaving Paphos John returned to Jerusalem.
Today Christians see Christ somewhat through the prism of Paul's teaching. My dear follower, Luke, would write one of the Gospels as well as the Book of Acts. My life was vitally shaped by a dramatic meeting with Christ on the Road to Demascus and it was this drama, coupled with his fervor that would mold Christianity for the next two Millenia.