A Damascus Road Experience

Acts 9 One thing we know about Saul is that he believed, like some unbelievers do today; those who are of the Way must be stopped. They believed then and do today, that only those who follow their way are right. They live by this motto: I am serving God and I must put to death anyone who speaks of Messiah and His salvation. They believe they are “offering service to God.” [Jn 16:2] This is where we find Saul in this historical record given by Dr. Luke.

Saul had been at the stoning of Stephen ,and from there he sought to kill or punish as many of these “Christians” as he could. Obtaining letters from the high priest he roamed about Israel and from there he went to Damascus that he might bring them bound to Jerusalem,. On a lonely road, Saul was accosted by Messiah Jesus. Raised as a Pharisee, taught by Gamaliel, Saul was prepared to know and understand the Torah and the prophets. He was sure that he was doing God’s will by killing or imprisoning as many of the Way as he could. But, God opened his heart to know that Jesus was indeed the Messiah and Saul/Paul was on the wrong path.

Were you raised to know a way to God, but then you met “the” God and found that the way you were taught was diametrically opposite? Jesus said, come unto me and that is what Saul had missed. Blinded on the road to Damascus, Saul became Paul and went on to preach the gospel message until his death.

Have you had a Damascus Road experience? Tell us about it.