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St Paul's message was about salvation because if you believed Jesus and God will provide salvation. How this relates to everyday life is if you believe and you have faith you we get by and there is someone their that will help you. Paul helped many people out with salvation and that's how it relates to the modern day because their is someone like Paul that will help you get by. How it is applied to people and groups in the modern day is we have something called Salvation army. Which is an organisation that helps homeless and struggling people  by providing meals, clothing, financial aid, accommodation, emergency shelters, counselling and responsible referral.

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The Cultural challenge for St Paul was when he went on his 1st, 2nd and 3rd that if he kept his name as Saul he would be judged because not that long ago he used to punish Christians. That's the reason that Saul changed his name to Paul so that when he went to preach about God and Jesus he wouldn't be judged.

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The purpose of the letters were to get across the message of Jesus and God. St Paul visited a lot of places but he couldn't stay there forever. So, every place he visited he wrote a letter so they would remember and learn more about Jesus and God. He had something new to say to the communities that he founded, as they met new problems in their following of Jesus. He kept the faith going for those communities. Paul knew when he sent the letters that the letters can be forged, and so he add an authenticating line or two in his own hand.

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(Acts 15:36)
(Acts 15:37-40)

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Around 49 to 52 CE Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us go back and visit the brothers in all the towns where we preached 'The Word of The Lord' and see how they are doing." At the start it was complicated because Barnabas wanted to bring John (Mark). Paul didn't want Mark to join them because in the 1st journey he left them half way though. Next, they split and Barnabas took Mark and went on their way. Then Paul and Silas begin by heading from Antioch and went to Tarsus.

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The conversion from Saul to Paul was a big deal to him and to others because of the person chosen. The person that Paul was before the conversion was a reason that he was chosen. Saul was a Jewish raised man and he thought that the people who followed God should be punished and by punishment to leave the Jewish 'fold'. This was one reason that Saul was chosen. God saw the person that Saul was and somehow thought that if you praised any other religion you should be punished . God also saw that he was a strong person that could follow what he believed in and if anyone doubted him he would change their mind about him. That's what God saw in Saul and so he became Paul.

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Rome controlled much of the area because they developed a law and government. They also developed the best army in the world at the time and ruled by force. They had fine engineering and built roads. The main language used was Aramaic, Greek, Parthian, Persian, Hebrew, Akkadian, Elamite. Some of the different ethnic/cultural groups living in the regions were Galileans, Parthians, Medes, Elamites, Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, parts of Libya, Romans, Jews, proselytes, Cretans, Arabs. People and goods were transported by the roads that the Romans made. Some main religons were gentile Christains, and Jews.