Amazing Truth!!

In our lesson on Friday, we talked about Paul being chained to the Roman soldier, or as Paul saw it, the Roman soldier being chained to him. What an unlikely opportunity to witness for Christ. Listen to Colossians 4:5, "Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity." Those are Paul's words and in Ephesians 6 Paul is living them out in color!! Amazing!!

You see, it is the truth of Jesus Christ that transforms a person. And we see this being lived out in Paul's life, and it cost him everything.

When we first read about Paul in Acts his name is Saul and he is a persecutor of the church. Yep, he was one bad dude!! He persecuted Christians because they believed that Jesus Christ was the only way to God, but Saul was a (self-proclaimed) Hebrew of Hebrews, he didn't believe that Jesus was who the Christians said He was. Paul was legalistic to the core, but then. . . Yep Damascus and everything changed!!

He was blinded by the light of Christ and His heart captured by the One who would capture Him for eternity ~~ He no longer was Saul, but Paul. He was blinded for three days and then studied in relative obscurity for three years, and then he set out to evangelize; to preach Jesus Christ and Him crucified as the only way to God for Jews and Gentiles. And that is good news for us!!!!!

Paul understood heartache and pain. He knew persecution and abandonment, and yet he was willing to endure it all for the cause of Christ. He knew that Jesus was The Way, The Truth, and The Life, just as He had taught when He walked the earth. Paul was a follower of Christ and led many to Him.

Most people if chained to a Roman soldier would not have responded as Paul did. So what do you think made him different? He was an extraordinary man.

So what is our response to such a call as Paul's to make the most of every opportunity? I would love to hear some of your thoughts on this verse.

In Christ Alone,

Dawn