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As youth today many religious figures have impacted us and our christian living. The early Christian Paul is one of those impacts. Today in our living Paul's messages are applied to everyday life. One of these messages are to carry on christian living this is from the Acts of the Apostles. This interpreted could mean that throughout our life we could do simple acts to reflect the faith and its rules. Such as loving thy neighbour or to help others.

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Paul's impact on us today

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Throughout St Paul's journeys he faced many cultural challenges, but one of Paul's main struggles was he had to travel to many different areas around his time. They all did not follow the one same religion so he would come across different religions. Some of these religions or people would not approve of him because of his religion. An example of this is when he travelled to the region of Syria he came across muslim people,  at first they did not accept of him but then they did.

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St Paul preached many messages and advice in his letters. They all had a different and special meaning.  An example of one of these messages was his letter to the Galatians.  This letter spoke about the importance of God and how he looks over us. Throughout his preachings he had common main messages, which were usually surrounding the significance of God and his care for everyone.  St Paul showed his message through his letter to the corinthians. Its main message is to teach churches to move faithfully towards Jesus and God. This tells us why we should follow god and his messages.

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I think that Paul's first journey was significant. This was when he started to develop his missionary group. He travelled the shortest and converted many Gentile people to christians. These people came from religious backgrounds such as Judaism, Islam and asian religions. This first missionary journey was in 47 AD and lasted 18 months, he mainly travelled in the areas around Asia Minor. He began in Antioch and ended up all the way in Derbe. Although this mission was the shortest he converted the most people due to the large population of the areas that he travelled to.

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Powerpoint - St Paul powerpoint, learning group 6 folder.

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Paul's conversion would be the most important part in his life. This is because it was what turned him to realise the mission that he had to begin. It was significant in the fact that before his conversion Paul was known as Saul. He changed his name to live a simpler Christian life. Also Saul was known as a roman name. When he was struck by the light of Jesus it was so powerful that it left him blind for three whole days. This is so significant because it shows the true power that Jesus portrayed to Paul.

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The conversion

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Documentary - https://www.ancient.eu/Roman_Empire/
History of romans documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5zYpWcz1-E
Paul's letters - Romans, Corinthians, Galatians and Ephesians

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The world behind the text

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1.  Rome's control
Rome controlled much of this area due to. Them being persecutors, they had their own laws and rules which controlled the jews and Gentiles. Rome also had a large influence on different countries such as tarsus which was basically a roman country. That is why Paul grew up as a persecutor because of his mainly roman upbringing. It went on until Paul's influence and Jesus message got across and started affecting everyday life for others including himself .
2. Languages used
The main languages that were used in the world behind the text were, Greek. Greek was the most common language spoken. This is because the area that he travelled was mainly full of ethnic Greek people due to the influence of location.
3.Ethnic cultural groups
Greek people were the most common culture back in the world behind the text. Also jewish people and of course Galatian people. This is evident through St Paul's letters. They explain the religious followers and groups such as the example above.
4. Regions/City
In this time, goods and people were transported using very simple things. The main way that people were transported was just by foot. An example of this is St Paul's journey. Everywhere he travelled was by foot asides when he had to travel across water, in that case he used a boat. Goods however were transported using a cart like machine. This had wheels made to travel smoothly and faster. This device came in handy when temples or houses were being built to receive materials quicker.
5. Regions and cities
In St Paul's letters he highlighted main regions and areas through his mission. Some of these were regions such as Asia minor and Macedonia. Some major cities that were spoken about were Corinth, Jerusalem and Tarsus. These places Paul also travelled to because they were full of people who could be converted into a christian.