"I want you to know , brothers, that the Gospel I preached is
not something that man made up. I did not receive it from any
man, nor was I taught it; rather I received it by revelation from
Jesus Christ.
For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how
intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy
it. I was advancing in Judiasm beyond many Jews of my own
age and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
But when God who set me apart from birth and called me by
his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might
preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man, nor
did I go to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I
was, but I went immediateley into Arabia and later returned to
Damascus."
Galations 1 : 11-17
2 years ago
This is Paul's acknowledgment after his life changed by God on the road to Damascus. He persecuted the churches.
ReplyDeleteOnce God transformed him into a new creation, he was so zealous to preach the good new about salvation to his fellow Jews and especially to the Gentiles.
If God can change Paul, a very extreme person, into a person who loves God all of his life, He can change you too.