The Leaders Of Isis And Their Wicked And Vicious Slaughter Of Christians

Joe Michael Pleasant New Testament Survey January 29, 2016 Paul or Saul The man that was once known as Saul is one of my favorite bible characters in the whole bible. He was by far one of the most influential people in the book of acts, and all of the New Testament. Saul was the modern equivalent of a Islamic radical pushing his religious agenda. He was a monster. The lowest of the low in the scumbag world would be hands down Saul. On top of being the tool of extermination for Satan in Jerusalem, shortly after the death of Christ, he was also extremely religious. He was a Pharisee. While extremely well educated in the religious practices of Judaism, Saul was differently a hypocrite. He completely pushed is religious agenda while he completely

On the road to Damascus the Lord intervenes in Saul’s life (Acts 9: 3-6) and he is genuinely converted during that encounter with the Lord Jesus. Under the ministry of Ananias (a disciple) he was also healed and filled with the Holy Spirit. Saul now known as Paul from that moment on immediately began preaching Christ in the synagogues of Damascus. Paul’s preaching was very convincing and disturbing to the Damascus Jews to the point where they desired to kill him. Therefore, the other Christian disciples assisted him in his escape by night (Acts 9:22-25) that he may escape to Arabia. Paul’s missionary Journeys were defining actions of him, he usually set foot with other companions and he endured hardships on these voyages. He was imprisoned, lashed and stoned several times and almost murdered once (2 Cor. 11:24-27).

He was first named Saul, but God had greater plans for him to be a leader to his people so a conversion took place. The conversion of Saul begins while he is on the road to Damascus, "suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him [and] he fell to the ground" (Acts 9:3–4), [the light was] "brighter than the sun" (Acts 26:13) and he was then blinded for three days (Acts 9:9). While he was blinded, he heard a voice in Hebrew which translates to "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads" (Acts 26:14–15). After this encounter, Saul’s blindness was cured by one of Jesus’ disciples, Ananias. His blindness was referred to as “something like scales” upon his eyes until he was then baptized. After Saul’s conversion to Christianity, he changed his identity to Paul because he was no longer a persecutor of Christianity named Saul. Saul was now was a believer and follower of Christ named Paul. He became a powerful leader in Acts. One that Christians should consider a role model because he led his people so powerfully and accomplished the future God wanted for him.

An examination of the Pauline epistles should begin with an examination of the author. Saul of Tarsus was a Jewish official a Pharisee. Saul was a persecutor of Christians and an eyewitness to the stoning of Steven. “And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.” (Acts 7.58 King James Version) He had a vision on the road to Damascus and was blinded. God sent Ananias to heal Saul of his affliction. God also sent Paul a vision of Ananias to let him know that he would be healed. Paul did not learn the Gospel from other men. He received his knowledge directly from Jesus.

Paul was another intriguing biblical character who accepted a mission assigned by Jesus the Christ. Even though Paul thought that he was headed in the right direction, the encounter with Christ near Damascus, according to Acts 1:3, puts then Saul on another path. However, Christ informs Saul of his assignment and task visibly in Acts 1:6.

In previous chapter of Acts 9, Saul was a persecutor of Jesus and the Disciples until Jesus called Saul and became a believer. In fact, Saul conversion makes him pray, see visions, enjoy acceptance as a brother in the community of Jesus disciples, receive the Holy Spirit, proclaim Jesus to be the God’s Son and the Christ, and suffer the kind of persecution he once perpetrated (Gundry, 2012). The conversion is important to the parties in the argument over the Gentile mission. They were called by God, to go to Saul (Paul) to minister to the about the Good news. The three parties comprise of a Roman centurion a good fearer, Gentile named Cornelius and a Jew. They viewed the teachings differently until Saul (Peter) clarify the teachings of Jesus Christ. The Cornelius viewed was Jesus as a portrayal of Jesus as a doer of good appeals to the high minded Gentiles (Gundry, 2012). However the Jews still believe in the Mosaic Law, synagogue temple to worship and no circumcision. Therefore, the Mosaic Law is stripped into the faith of Jesus without the abiding law of old. The faith of Jesus and his moral guidelines for Christian than a law. Saul settled the issue

Professor Ambrosio asserts that Saul's vision "establishes a direct connection between Paul's question, 'Who are you, Lord?' and Jesus as the one who is being persecuted in the person of those who have faith in Him" (Hero or Saint Saul of Tarsus). This direct connection is what ultimately helps transform Saul into Paul a new man. Christianity, in other words, is the religion of throwing off the old man and putting on the new. The new, of course, is Christ which is why

“The Week” , state's “ ISIS was born out of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003...captured Mosul in 2014 and became the terrorist juggernaut it is today.” ISIS has only been around since 2003 and not until 2014 did they really gain lots of support and power. Just in that short amount of time, US and their coalition partners have already launched 8,216 airstrikes to try to battle against ISIS says cnn. Even with all these attacks, ISIS doesn't seem to be slowing down at all. In fact, the number of ISIS militants is growing along with the growing threat from isis, states foreign policy. The CIIS states that ISIS is “emerging as the strongest and most influential group” It also states that ISIS is “setting an example for other terrorist groups”. Additionally with ISIS giving a reason for so many hate crimes against muslims a prejudice that has already framed will last forever. If we look at our past our prejudice on Africans that developed all the way back in slave times, is still present. This same thing will happen with muslims since we associate them with ISIS.

Saul’s occupation was being a Pharisee- a group of Jewish authorities who conducted the law. In his time of being a Pharisee, Saul participated in the persecution of Christians. One day Saul had a vision of Jesus and heard Christ's voice asking him “why persecutes thou me?”. After his vision of Jesus, he devoted his life to spreading the message of Christ and changed his name to Paul, to symbolise that he was a new person. Although Paul didn’t meet Jesus, he still travelled and spoke the word of Christianity and was one of the founders of the Christian Church. He taught the faith in Jesus was the meaning of Christianity. In Paul's lifetime, he achieved great things, but this would have been hard. Because he was a Pharisee, it would have been a shock to society that this administer of the law disowned his religion and perused another, especially because one of his actions was the persecution of Christians. “There is no longer Jew or Greek… for all of you are one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:26-29). Paul portrayed foreigners to be the same as Jews. He explained that we are all equal and should love one another. Paul thought this because he was a Jewish turned Christian and would have been treated as an outcast

He flaunted a natural leader attitude and wanted to always take charge for what he believed in. Saul was very passionate about everything he did. He was amazed by the idea that God was giving him a second chance after how much sin he had committed. Through 2 Cor. 10:10, it is evident that Paul was able to express himself better on pen and paper rather than in front of a large group of people. He is endlessly grateful for God giving him a second chance at life, that he would sacrifice himself and put himself through every obstacle in order to honor God. One of the qualities he displays through verses like 2 Timothy 4:6-8 is determination. He wants to do the best he can in order to make up for his past. He understands that he must not think too much about the past and has to work on himself as a person. He openly admits what he had done wrong in the past and does not falter on any of it. He is grateful for the mercy that was shed on his life, that he would devote his life to Christ and spreading the gospel as the Apostle Paul. Part of the reason he starts to truly understand the Gospel is because he is reflecting back on what has been given to him in ways he might not have even thought of before . His parents, good education, and mentors along the way were blessings sent by God, even though Paul might not have fully understood everything at the time. Saul’s rampage was going on and on and he went as far

I was known as a useless addition to the CIA. I really never received any major cases.Until the day that I heard of the terrorist group called ISIS. I had from the whispers of fellow coworkers that there was a secret website in the deep web that recruits members to the terrorist group, but no one has reported being able to access the site. I did remember back to my adolescent years that I did have a bit of experience with hacking as well as navigating the deep web. So, I attempted for weeks effortlessly trying to scavenge the deep web for that website, and finally 2 weeks later I had found the the site, it seemed very shady and had a black background with the videos of every event that created by ISIS even the reporter

The radical Islamic terrorist organization, recently re-titled “the Islamic State,” has existed under several names since the 1990s. Its history is an epic of how modern terrorism progressed from a religious and political ideal into an obliterating cult. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a properly-armed group that is a threat to the global security. ISIS, whose merciless members delight in murdering innocent people, must be destroyed before its fanatical followers carry out further genocides. There is an ongoing debate on whether the United States ought to take stronger military actions against the extremist organization, ISIS, or not. Supposing that the United State does not act promptly, ISIS will fortify its territory and

Paul 's original name was Saul. Saul started out hating and persecuting Christians. Saul had a big conversion moment where he heard God talking to him and he was struck blind for three days. "Paul was on his way to Damascus when he had a vision that changed his life: according to Galatians 1:16, God revealed his Son to him. More specifically, Paul states that he saw the Lord (1 Corinthians 9:1), though Acts claims that near Damascus he saw a blinding bright light. Following this revelation, which convinced Paul that God had indeed chosen Jesus to be the promised messiah."("Saint") Paul then became a Christian and left his easy, comfortable life to become a preacher. Once Paul became a missionary he wanted to share the news of Christianity with everyone. "Paul’s great achievement was to take Christianity from Jerusalem throughout the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire and finally to the capital itself." (Johnson) Paul 's main goal was to spread the word that Christ is the Son of God. (Adcock)

In the horror novel, Supernatural Horror in Literature, the author, H.P. Lovecraft starts off by stating the following: “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” Choosing the topic of ISIS/ISIL, which are the Islamic State of Iraq & Syria / the Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant, was an easy choice because in truth, I know very little about the terrorist groups within these Islamic States. I, along with seventy percent of Americans, fear the rise of the IS and would consider them the number one threat to American interests (Telhami). Through further studying this topic, I have been able to better understand how ISIS/ISIL was created, along with understanding International Law’s ambiguous confrontation of the issue regarding the use of force.

In The Bible there are multiple ideal societies which are presented, each denoted by the God's approval of that society and its leader. One of these societies is that portrayed in the story of Saul. In this story Samuel, a prophet of God, is given the task of revealing Saul, the ruler who is specified