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"For he who is least among you all--he is the greatest." (Luke 9:48)Saturday, January 01, 2005
Why did God Intervene in Saul's Life?
You all know the story. Saul was a devout and fervent Jew who persecuted Christians. He was there at the stoning of Stephen and gave approval. Thinking he was in God's will, "Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison." (Acts 8:3) One day he decided to go to the town of Damascus and persecute the Christians there.
"As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'
'Who are you, Lord?' Saul asked.
'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,' he replied." (Acts 9:3-5)
Although Saul was now blind due to the light, Jesus still instructed Saul to go into Damascus and find a Christian man named Ananias. When Ananias and Paul met, Ananias explained to Paul what he had seen and heard. At that moment, something like scales fell from his eyes and he could see.
From that day forward Saul preached the gospel to all men with out fear.
Again I ask the question. Why did God intervene in Saul's life?
God knew Saul's heart. He knew that Saul wanted to serve God and love God. God, in his great mercy, showed Saul that he was persecuting the very God that he thought he was serving.
"As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'
'Who are you, Lord?' Saul asked.
'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,' he replied." (Acts 9:3-5)
Although Saul was now blind due to the light, Jesus still instructed Saul to go into Damascus and find a Christian man named Ananias. When Ananias and Paul met, Ananias explained to Paul what he had seen and heard. At that moment, something like scales fell from his eyes and he could see.
From that day forward Saul preached the gospel to all men with out fear.
Again I ask the question. Why did God intervene in Saul's life?
God knew Saul's heart. He knew that Saul wanted to serve God and love God. God, in his great mercy, showed Saul that he was persecuting the very God that he thought he was serving.
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Romans 9:
19You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?" 20But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?" 21Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honored use and another for dishonorable use? 22What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory-- 24even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? 25As indeed he says in Hosea,
"Those who were not my people I will call 'my people,'
and her who was not beloved I will call 'beloved.'"
26"And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,'
there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
Good thoughts.
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19You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?" 20But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?" 21Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honored use and another for dishonorable use? 22What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory-- 24even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? 25As indeed he says in Hosea,
"Those who were not my people I will call 'my people,'
and her who was not beloved I will call 'beloved.'"
26"And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,'
there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
Good thoughts.
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