| “Immediately Saul preached the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.” – Acts 9:20 |
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| From Persecuting Christians to Proclaiming Christ Saul, who as you know would soon be known as Paul, has an ENCOUNTER with the Lord Jesus Christ on the Damascus Road that CHANGED his life as he goes from being an UNBELIEVER to a believer. With that decision, he went from the feared persecutor of the faith to the fearless preacher of the faith! He went from persecuting Christians to proclaiming Christ! What a reminder to us that no matter how far someone may be from Christ or even how much they may be against Christ they can come to know Christ and then start making Him known! Persecutors can become preachers! Resisters can repent. The hardhearted become soft! The one who rejects Christ receives Christ! In pondering Acts 9:20 where we read that Saul is immediately preaching Christ, we should consider that earlier in Acts 9:1-2 Saul had other plans. Acts. 9:1-2 says “Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.” Saul does not sound like a preacher of the gospel here. With that passion to persecute Christians who would have ever believed that we would read 18 verses later he is preaching in synagogues that Jesus Christ was the Son of God! Please let this change in the life of Saul remind you to keep praying and keep witnessing to that person who right now is the farthest from Christ (the closest to hell) and the most against Christ, His church, Christians, and Christianity. They are one decision from EVERYTHING CHANGING, changing so much that family and friends will surely be saying they can’t believe the change!! Verse to DATE the Word on September 20 (9/20) is Acts 9:20. It says, “Immediately Saul preached the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.” Keep sharing the salvation story with sinners so that they might know the Savior! Continue Strong being a fearless witness for the Lord! And remember to DATE the WORD! |