Acts 9 Saul's Conversion

 

Acts 9 – Saul’s Conversion

Saul, (who later was called Paul) probably thought he had it made. As a young and zealous Pharisee, he knew God’s word thoroughly. He had studied under a well-known Jewish rabbi, Gamaliel, and had apparently learned his lessons well. So well, in fact, that when the sect of the Nazarene (people who believed that Jesus was the Messiah) began to grow and flourish, Saul did all he could to stop it. Along with many of his fellow Pharisees, Saul thought that Jesus of Nazareth was a deceived man, certainly not the promised Messiah. Therefore, Jews who became Christians were considered traitors and deserved to be rounded up, locked up, and even killed.

That all changed one day on the road to Damascus. Saul was on his way to find and arrest more Christians who had fled from Jerusalem. On the road that day, Saul met Christ and was never the same again. Paul’s early training took on a whole new aspect. The scriptures he had so diligently studied opened up with a brand-new understanding. He saw Christ throughout God’s Word, and he saw Him as the fulfillment of the prophecies.

It would be correct to say that Paul changed. Yet he merely made the logical move from being a Jew to accepting the Messiah of Israel and becoming a Christian, his belief system found its completion in Christ. As Paul restudied the scriptures, God opened his mind to see Jesus Christ as the fulfillment of all of God’s promises.

As people come to Christ, many find Him to be the logical answer to their deepest questions. Others are surprised by who He is and what He has done for them. God has no set pattern or time frame for changing people’s lives with His presence. Some will be convinced immediately, others will take more time; some will be slow to change. But we can know for sure that when Christ enters people’s lives, they will never be the same!

 

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