Saul why do you persecute me song

It turned out he was wrong, though he passionately carried out what he saw as the logical conclusion of his beliefs. Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? But get up and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do. Here are some initial thoughts regarding this encounter.

First, God did not tell him directly to stop his persecution, but asked him a question: why are you persecuting me? The question is a challenge to Saul, not a command, but a request for thoughtfulness.

Now, all of these reflections are grounded in the real encounter of Saul with the risen Lord, but I think we can draw out examples for our own way of living and encountering Jesus in our day-to-day lives and in our theological expressions. Jesus questions Saul, he does not demand of him that he stop his persecution, but he asks him, why? What is your purpose? What is your aim? What is your goal?

In this question, however, are profound answers for Saul and for us as readers. If Saul is persecuting Christians because he thinks God wants this, this spiritual encounter with Christ, mystical as it is, points to the presence of God in Jesus, the last thing he would expect. Saul felt God had already spoken to him.

Saul responds to the question, though, he listens and does as Jesus tells him, which indicates a genuine change in Saul. As the Apostle Paul, Saul will live this truth out. The Apostle is no less passionate than the Persecutor in his love of God and in his desire to make God known, but in this experience, he learns that God does not demand our obedience; he questions us and thereby challenges us with the truth.

Violence is never the method by which truth is made known. Saul will go from the passionate man who by violence will attempt to convert others, to the passionate man who will accept and suffer violence in his desire to bring the truth to others. He transforms from the one who causes others to suffer, to the man who will suffer on behalf of others.

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We Are the Innocent Daniel R. Irish Girl, The Stuart P. Wade in the Water Alec Schumacker. Contact Us About Us. John As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he , they went backward, and fell to the ground. Genesis And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. Acts ,8 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Acts ,15 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? Isaiah In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. Context Crossref Comment Greek.