June 17, 2021

Thursday

The Damascus Road

Acts 26:12-23

12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.”

Acts 26:12-13

The story of Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus is given three times in the book of Acts. It’s told as it happened in a historical narrative in Acts 9. Then Paul related the story to a crowd in Jerusalem in Acts 22 and to King Agrippa in Acts 26. In his epistles, Paul referred several times to his miraculous conversion. For example, he told the Galatians he had been a violent persecutor of the Church, but God called him to preach the faith he had formerly sought to destroy (Galatians 1:11-17).

Effective soul winners understand the importance of sharing how they came to know Christ as Savior. Seminary professor Chuck Lawless wrote, “The Bible is filled with people who reached out to others simply by telling their story. Andrew told Peter, he had met the Messiah, and Philip echoed a similar story to Nathaniel (John 1:40-42). The man born blind told all he could after meeting Jesus: ‘Once I was blind, but now I see.’”

Today maybe the day the Lord gives you an opportunity of sharing your “Damascus Road” experience with someone who needs Christ.

A point to ponder…

Our stories are evidences of grace. Some may seem more dramatic, but all are stories of grace-saturated life transformation.
Chuck Lawless 

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