Saul’s question: (NASB) Acts 9:5 “…Who are You, Lord?”   Saul asked an honest question…and he received an honest answer.   Jesus’ answer and specific directions: (NASB) Acts 9: 5-6 “…I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 6 but get up and enter the city (Damascus), and it will be told you what you must […]

  Saul had authority from Jerusalem religious leaders to go to other synagogues in Damascus to arrest Christians and take them to Jerusalem to be imprisoned.  Outside of Damascus, Saul is suddenly met by Jesus.  First a blinding flash of light, then the voice of Jesus asked him a question…“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting […]

  Saul was authorized to persecute Christians in Damascus…that is quite a ways from Jerusalem.  He had traveling companions with him…and as they neared Damascus: (NASB) Acts 9:3-4 “…suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him; 4 and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting […]

  Saul was traveling on a road which led from Jerusalem to Damascus.  He had others traveling with him.  He was on a mission, to wipe out Christians!  He had a letter, a letter of authority to do just that!  As far as he was concerned they were blasphemers of the living God.  (Acts 9:1-2) […]

The prayer of the week is based on Romans 12:1   Lord God of the Bible, Saul’s life was radically changed when You intercepted him on his way to Damascus.    As a result of You as my Savior, as a result of Your mercies, I give to You my life as a living sacrifice.  […]

  Saul was a young Jewish man.  He was a very devout, religious Pharisee.    He went on a mission: threatening murder against the disciples (followers) of Jesus Christ.  He did not do this on his own authority.  He went to the high priest and requested legal letters of authority to stamp out this upstart […]

  Philip obeyed the Lord; he went south of Jerusalem on a desert road leading to Gaza. There he saw a chariot with a man from Ethiopia reading aloud.  What was he reading?  He was reading the prophet Isaiah and he did not understand the meaning of those words.  Philip heard him and asked him […]

  How do you sincerely seek God?  There are really only several ways…prayer and reading/studying His word, the Holy Bible.  Followers of Christ are a good resource also.   An Ethiopian eunuch was in a chariot leaving Jerusalem on a desert road to Gaza. (Acts 8:27-30)   This important man was sincerely seeking God and […]

  Philip, a man who was known for his good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom – he was a man who waited tables in Jerusalem.  (Acts 6:3)   Stephen (one of those same men who waited tables with the same qualifications) had been stoned to death.  After that great persecution broke […]

  How responsive are you to God’s leading?  Do you drag your feet, put off doing what you know you should do?    Philip had been a waiter in Jerusalem.  A man chosen to do that job because he had a good reputation, he was filled with the Holy Spirit of God and also filled […]