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Acts 9:10-15
"13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to Thy saints at Jerusalem:
14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on Thy name.
15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto Me, to bear My name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:"

GOD called Saul who the Apostles and the rest of the Jesus followers DID NOT LIKE! They had VERY good reasons to not like him. Saul was hunting Christians. When on his way to Damascus to hunt down men and women who are Christians and arrest them and haul them back to Jerusalem, Jesus stopped Saul in his tracks, blinded by light and cowering on the ground. He knows what he would do to someone trying to destroy his mission. Saul fears the worst. Jesus gives him directions to go into nearby Damascus. He was blind and had to be lead by the hand. There he sat for three days not eating or drinking. No sight, wondering what will become of him. The hunter was caught and helpless. 

As all that was happening, GOD reached out to a disciple at Damascus, named Ananias. GOD gave directions to go find Saul and give him back his sight. In today's verses Ananias PUSHED back; "Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much EVIL he hath done to Thy saints at Jerusalem: And here he hath AUTHORITY from the chief priests to bind all that call on Thy name. But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a CHOSEN vessel unto Me, to bear My name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:" Ananias is saying; "No way! Saul, is one BAD MAN, we don't want him in our group." And, GOD is saying listen to Me, I have a plan...
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