The Redemption Story

How many ways can a person share the love of God?  I’m sure there are many, but the redemption story of a personal experience is sufficient to get the story of His love across to someone in search of lasting love.

I remember the conversion of Saul of Tarsus.  This wonderful account is found in Chapter 9 of The Acts, in the New Testament. 

One day Saul was on the road to Damascus to do evil against the Lord’s saints at Jerusalem when he was struck blind by a light from heaven.  When he fell to the earth he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?”  v.5 “And he said, who art thou, Lord?  And the Lord said I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:  it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.”  v.6 “And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?  And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do,” (The Acts 9:4-6).

Saul thought he was doing the will of God by getting rid of these radicals.  Reading the complete chapter brought tears to my eyes, seeing the amazing love and mercy that the Lord had for Saul.  He was renamed Paul at a later time.  I’m sure you would be blessed to read the story in its completeness.

After Saul had regained his sight and was baptized in the Holy Ghost, his witness for Jesus was anointed and convincing to the point that certain people in Damascus wanted to kill him.  I’m sure his message consisted of the encounter he had with the Lord on the road and how God gave him a new direction with regards to God’s saints and his own personal life.

We need not become scholars of the Bible and attend Bible College to get the word of God’s love to unsaved people, though Bible College is good.  Sharing with others the incredible experience of how the love of God changed our life and gave us hope for the future, gets the job done.  This is what Paul did and it was successful for the cause of Christ.

Written by,
Papa Boyd