He was absolutely certain that he was following the right god….until he wasn’t.

 

On the way into Damascus, Syria…..Paul was planning on taking yet another step towards exterminating the scum of the earth…..Christians.  And he was doing a great job.

Educated.

Rich.

A Citizen of Rome.

Respected.

Feared.

Popular.

 

The world was at his fingertips.  He had the respect of the Jews and the respect of the Romans.

 

He was living the good life.

 

And then it happened.

 

Paul had an encounter with the King of the Universe:  Jesus Christ.

 

The gospel that I have claimed can not be false….there are too many holes in the arguments against it.

 

Discovered by women,

Championed by the lower class,

and Carried by people who gave their lives….

 

The gospel of Jesus is just so SOLID that I can’t turn away from it……and Your options are not very good outside of the one that He gives……and when Paul found that out he tossed all of his earthly privileges in the garbage and COMPLETELY CHANGED TEAMS…….

 

Because he wanted…..

To Follow The Right God.

 

Paul found out he was not only not doing right by God…..he found out he was actually an ENEMY of God.

 

And this is true of all of us……when we are not born into being a child of the King….we are an enemy.

 

Romans 5  8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:  While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

 

We all need to take account of who we are and where we are going…..Paul found out that he was correct in his path as far as getting to Damascus……But when he looked at where he was going with God…..it was the wrong way.

 

The word REPENT has to do with turning, with changing direction……

And we all need to check our own direction from time to time…………and make sure that we are headed toward something we can live with……..

 

When Paul found out where he was going…..he through it all away and started rewriting the book……

 

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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