While Saul
of Tarsus was on the road to Damascus, he was blinded by a light from
heaven
(Acts 9:1-9).
During the time that Saul was blind, he saw a number of things that most
people today don't see. Let's notice three things that Saul saw while
blind.
1) That One Can Live In All Good Conscience And Be In
Error.
The trend in religion today seems to be, “just let your
conscience be your guide.” Saul of Tarsus was guided by his conscience,
but he was guided into error. Saul was a man who “made havoc of the
church, entering into every house, and hailing men and women committed
them to prison”
(Acts 8:3).
Tell Me Saul, did your conscience bother you while you persecuted the
church? Saul said, “I have lived in all good conscience before God until
this day”
(Acts 23:1).
Many today may live in all good conscience in religious matters, but
still be engaged in religious error.
2) That A Person Can Be Zealous In His Religion And Be
Wrong.
Saul revealed to the Galatians that he was a religious
man
(Gal. 1:13).
But Saul was not your ordinary religious man. He was zealous in his
religion! In
Acts 22:3,
Saul testified that he was “zealous toward God.” Furthermore, he
announced to the brethren in Galatia, that he was “exceedingly zealous”
(Gal. 1:14).
The Bible teaches that zeal is essential if one is to please God
(Tit. 2:14).
Yet, some today may be in the same condition that Saul was
in—“concerning zeal, persecuting the church”
(Phil. 3:6).
It takes more than just being zealous to be pleasing to God!
3) What A Man Must Do To Have His Sins Washed Away.
While Saul lay trembling on the earth, he asked, “Lord,
what wilt thou have me to do?” The Lord answered, “Arise, and go into
the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do”
(Acts 9:6).
It must be recognized that whatever Saul was told to do, in the city,
that it was imperative if he was to have his sins washed away. Saul was
told, “And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away
thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord”
(Acts 22:16).
Saul, while blind, saw that in order to have his sins washed away, he
had to be baptized.
Saul of
Tarsus saw these things while blind. Can you see them?
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