God is in the business of changing people who otherwise could not, or would not, be changed. To illustrate God’s power in the lives of His people, Elder Gus Harter pieces together a chronological biography of Saul of Tarsus, known to us today as Paul, apostle to the Gentiles. As a young man, Saul was at the center of orthodox Judaism: privileged by birth as a Roman citizen, educated as a guardian of Jewish law by the greatest scholar of his day, and evidently a rising star in the Jewish community at Jerusalem. Saul was foremost among persecutors of the early church. But when Saul encountered God, he changed. No man could have foretold the extent of that change, for in seven tumultuous years Saul fell from his place at the pinnacle of Jewish orthodoxy to become an exile from his kindred and people, bringing the gospel message to Gentiles far and wide outside Palestine. Let each of us pray for the type of change that comes from an encounter with God, and for the courage to go where the heart of God leads.
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