2 Kings 14: 23-29, 2 Kings 15, Acts 25: 23-27, Acts 26: 1-23, Psalm 106: 32-39
Acts 26: 13-15 (ESV)
“At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven,
brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me. And
when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the
Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to
kick against the goads.’ And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I
am Jesus whom you are persecuting.”
In verses 13 through 15 in Acts 26, Paul recounts to King Agrippa
how Jesus Christ revealed himself to him when he was on the road to Damascus. I
love how Christ appeared to Paul as a bright light that was so bright it made
him and his whole party fall to ground. Then Christ spoke to Paul in his own
Hebrew language and asked him why Paul was persecuting him. Paul was so
passionate in his ways and thinking that Christ could only appear to him in a supernatural
way for him to be believe in Christ. Some folks are lucky because they don’t
need a supernatural experience to believe. I find myself like Paul in that I
need a supernatural and physical thing to happen to me before I believe it. In
the past when I used to watch people fall after an evangelist or minister touched
them, I thought it was staged or fake. It wasn’t until I was born again and had
an impartation by an evangelist in May that I had a “supernatural experience”
like Paul, where I felt things happening in my body that I couldn’t explain or
deny. That experienced changed me to the point where I began to question everything
I had been taught about religion and Jesus Christ. I'm still processing it, but I know it
happened and that moment made Christ feel real to me, changing me forever.
In whatever way for you Christ became alive and real in your life, you know
what without a doubt you were changed and transformed like Paul.
If you enjoyed reading my thoughts on these Bible verses and
you’d like to feel the presence of the still living and eternal Jesus Christ in
your life, please pray this prayer out loud:
Heavenly Father, I admit that I’ve sinned. I repent. I
believe in my heart you raised Jesus from the dead. I confess with my mouth
Jesus is my Lord and Savior. Right now, I‘ve received forgiveness by the blood
of Jesus. I am saved in Jesus’ name, Amen.
If you prayed that prayer, welcome to the family of God! Do
yourself a favor and find and join a Holy Spirit filled, full Gospel,
Bible-based church where you can hear the word of God preached and witness the
wonders, signs, and miracles in your life of the very much alive and real Jesus
Christ.
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