What Saint Paul Really Said

What Saint Paul Really Said

The incident in Damascus road recorded in Acts chapter 9 was about Saul 's encounter with Jesus Christ . Verse 2 tells us that Paul obtained letters of introduction to the synagogue in Damascus from the Jewish High Priest so he could arrest ' the followers of Jesus Christ there to bring them back to Jerusalem for prosecution in view of their turning away from Judaism

The significance of the Damascus road experience for Saul as implied in chapter 2 (Saul the Persecutor , Paul the Convert ) was Saul 's

realization of his spiritual condition . This is seen in his statement in Romans 10 :2 in which he affirmed to the Christian believers in Rome the spiritual zealousness of the Jews although theirs is not based on the knowledge of God . Paul confirms this realization in I Timothy 1 : 15 in which he said .Jesus came into this world to save sinners . I am the worst of them ' The importance of the Damascus road experience for Saul was the spiritual transformation that he has undergone from being `Saul the persecutor to Paul the convert and later Paul the missionary

The incident in the Damascus road was truly meaningful for him because of the corresponding consequences on him about his intension to harass the followers of the Way of the Lord ' He was in darkness for three days (He became blind , He was then sent to a Christian believer named Ananias to receive back his sight , and finally...