Criminal turned to Preacher

¹ Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest ² and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
³ As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. ⁴ Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
⁵ And he said, “Who are You, Lord?”
Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.^[a] It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”
⁶ So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?”
Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
⁷ And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. ⁸ Then Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. ⁹ And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
                                                                                                                           Acts 9:1-10.
Saul was a man during those the equal to Bin Laden of today. He was convicted in the death of Stephan. While the men stoned him he held their coats. He hated Christians and therefore picked and was crucial towards them. His job was to go get people who followed this so called God according to him. He would go and dig them out and then bring them back to Jersuelem to be killed. He was going out to find more people when He was blinded on the road. He then heard the voice of God calling him out. Saul wondered who called him. The Lord answered I am the one you pick on. Saul was a very stubborn person that would not be moved. Saul was in the prescence of the Lord, man I would not want to be in his situation but being in the prescence of the Lord is amazing. He had a fresh encounter with God. It was a fresh encounter because he realized his wrongs and then started living for the Lord.

Thats something we need to realize. Christ has given us everything and were nothing without the grace of Him. We need to act upon what He has bestoed.
One Love
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