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once blind

Acts 9:8-18
"18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized."

We are in the Book of Acts to study the account of REPENTANCE when Saul becomes Paul. In the first couple of verses he is THREATENING to SLAUGHTER Christians! Then our Lord and Savior confronts him, and he is suddenly reduced to shaking and quivering in a state of amazement! Saul was one of the fiercest opponents of Christianity and upon the sight of Jesus he was defeated completely.

When Saul stood up he was blind. He was led by the hand to the nearest city, Damascus. He could no longer see what was going on around him. He had to look inside himself. Internal evaluation. See what was going on within. Work on the inside. He sat there for 3 days without eating or drinking. While Saul was meditating on his life, God was giving instructions to Ananias to visit and heal Saul. Ananias was reluctant and God said, "he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel..." Ananias does the Lord's work. Saul's sight is returned to him, he is filled with the Holy Ghost, and he is baptized. Saul was self-righteous. On the road to Damascus, Jesus literally knocked him down, humbled him, opening him up to guidance from GOD. Making him one of the most dramatic conversions in all of history!

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