Perpetua Research Paper

When it comes to Rome’s greatness, I do believe that God appointed Rome to be a vast empire, so that the gospel message would be spread all over the world. You see, there had to be an empire during the time of Jesus because God wanted the message of the cross taught throughout the Roman cities. We have learned in our readings that there were two common languages (Latin and Greek), that were used during the height of the Roman empire. Latin was standard in the western part of the empire and Greek was standard on the eastern, more traditional and less Romanized part of the empire. So, by having only a few common languages used throughout the empire, it would be easy for many Roman and “Barbaric” people to hear the message of Jesus Christ. (As …show more content…
I know if it were me living in those times and I would have had the opportunity to hear of the story of Perpetua, I would be rethinking life as a whole and start to dive into any information regarding the God she served. This story of Perpetua brought to mind all those times in the New Testament where the apostles say “Grace and peace to you.” It made me realize that when you honestly give yourself over to Christ first, you will have so much joy and peace that you will not even care about death because being with Jesus is far more important than living life on Earth. I pray that everyone would be given the chance or desire to research these accounts of men and women of faith so they to, can be encouraged or called by the Holy Spirit to make that decision to follow Jesus Christ. We cannot have peace without grace, which can only be found in our God and Savior Jesus Christ. If God can use Rome to bring about his glory and spread his word then he can use anything and anyone, I pray we continue in faith. Jesus loves you and so do