Luke Crum

Mr. Campbell

Religion 10

December 20, 2017

Saint Project Paper

Saint Paul originally persecuted Christians. He was on his way to Damascus when his

whole life changed. While riding down the road, he suddenly fell off his horse and saw a vision

of Jesus in the sky saying “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” After seeing this, he became

blind. He went into the city and was healed by a Christian man. From this moment on, his life

was changed.

He, along with his partner, Barnabus travelled the world preaching and spreading the

good news of Jesus, which is a stark contrast to what he did earlier in his life. He took a total of

three mission trips spreading all over the Mediterranean and beyond, totaling over ten-thousand

miles spent spreading the good news of Jesus.

He also inspired future church thinkers with the doctrines he wrote about Jesus and his

teachings. Many of them, including Thomas Aquinas, based much of their work on his doctrines.

This shows that he was not only an amazing evangelist, but he was also a very intelligent church

writer. Paul also wrote thirteen letters to various people and groups of people. His letters were

enlightened by God, so they are included in the New Testament.

When in Spain spreading the Gospel, he was captured and taken back to Rome, where he

would eventually be tried and executed by beheading. This was considered a humane way to die

because it was thought to be quick and painless. It was in fact a better way to die than many
other early martyrs, who were often tortured and slowly died painful deaths at the hands of the

Romans.

His story is extremely inspiring because he went from a murderer and a persecutor of

Christians to arguably the greatest evangelist of all time. He should be an example to anyone

who is not living a holy life to try to make a change and life the life of a saint that they are

destined to. Also, anyone who wishes to spread the Good News or wishes to turn their life

around has an amazing saint to pray to in order to gain wisdom and courage to spread the

message.

Saint Paul,

Help me to have courage to spread the message of Jesus,

Let me always keep my faith, even in the face of hardship,

When I am struggling, help me to try to be like you:

A fearless advocate for Jesus,

A fearless warrior for the faith,

And a messenger for God.

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