The Contrbutions of Jesus and Paul in the Church

¶ … Jesus Christ and Paul on the Contemporary Church

Jesus of Nazareth is seen widely as the founder of Christianity and one who did the indelible deeds and miracles that have over the centuries formed the foundation of Christian beliefs and the reference for exemplification of how a Christian beliefs. Some of the deeds and achievements that Jesus exemplified are the significance of baptism in the life of a Christian and it is the central passage that signifies the life of a Christian, a passage that He passed through as a person. Jesus also emphasizes on the centrality of repentance in the life of a Christian through his teachings and the parables He used for teaching. He also expressed the need for Christians to have empathy and compassion on people in need as a means of making solid the Christian belief and putting it into action. Yet another achievement that Jesus had is strengthening the Christian faith and religion is the dearth at the cross as a sign that all sins were forgiven and the cross became the sign of forgiveness for sins as well as the foundation of the Church from that time onwards (Third Way Media, 2015).

St. Paul has also significantly contributed to the establishment of Christianity as a faith and religion across the world. Paul is known for his several books or Epistles that he wrote in propagation of the Gospel of Christianity. His epistles are a significant part of the New Testament and the teachings that the church relies on to the present time. Being a Roman, he was able to have easier access to places like philippi, Rome and Corinth in spreading the gospel of Christianity. Paul is also known to be the founder of missionary work and he formed communities in every city and town he went to, charging them with the role of spreading the gospel to all parts of the world. Paul, a non-Jew, validated the significance of baptism in the Christian religion by emphasizing on it as the right symbol of true Christian conversion, and a practice that made Christians same and equal regardless of their places of origin, unlike circumcision. Through his writings, Paul put emphasis on the divinity of Jesus and his humanity as well, he taught more on trinity as well as the value of death and resurrection in bringing salvation to the Christians. Paul is centrally remembered for the union of the body of Christ and his emphasis on the need for the church to function as one unit despite the many parts and activities that the individuals may have in church.