Can you think of anyone you know who in years has built up a barrier against Jesus Christ, only to have it beaten down by His love and the conviction of the Holy Spirit? It is a great encouragement, isn't it to realize there is no heart too hard for God to break. "Is not my Word... like a hammer which breaks the rock in pieces?" (Jeremiah 23:29) The man in our story was like that until he was arrested by God. He is an illustration of how completely a man's life can be changed when he comes face to face with Jesus Christ. Paul loved to tell that story - the story of his conversion. Some people say, "'I don't believe in sudden conversions." Is there any other kind? Every conversion is different but there comes that moment of turning away from all self-confidence and turning to Jesus Christ. What a change comes in that moment! Dr. Joseph Parker said, "Some people say Paul had an epileptic fit. But previously he was a blasphemer, now he is praying. Before he was a persecutor, now he is a missionary warrior. Let's have more of that kind of epilepsy." Amen! There was no doubt about Paul's conversion. The reality of Christ never left him from that day on until he saw Christ face to face and met in Heaven the saints who had gone on before. Paul said it himself, "I know whom I have believed." Isn't it wonderful to be able to know Christ personally and eternally like that? Have you thanked him today for your salvation? |
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