Summary
Oftentimes, when one travels to the Middle East, they have a tour guide and it's wise to have a tour guide when you visit the Holy Land because they know the ends and the outs, the safe places and the not-so-safe places and their stock bull of really interesting information about the geography about the history and so having a tour guide when visiting the Middle East is a really wise decision. And here, with his initial motivation, Saul is going forth in order to persecute the church, but Jesus, as he stops Saul on his way, says, fighting against your goads is hurting you, which means that Jesus has been bringing forth nudges, he's been bringing forth motivation to Saul that would be in the favor of Christ. As a Pharisee, Saul knew the Old Testament, he knew the law, he knew the prophets inside and out, and in order to be able to persecute the church, the way he would have had to know what they were teaching and preaching and believing. And so every time Saul opened, scripture every time he was in synagogue, the Lord was showing him himself. When he himself was blinded by his own righteousness, was blinded by his own intent of threat and murder, and instead he was stopped by the Lord, picking up in verse 8 of chapter 9, Saul got up from the ground and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. The Lord blinded him not from the Lord himself, but the Lord blinded Saul in order to give him that time for his eyes to be opened and to know the truth of who Jesus really was.
Video citations
- “Encountering the Living Lord” 8-11-24 — Oftentimes, when one travels to the Middle East, they have a tour guide and it's wise to have a tour guide when you visit the Holy Land because they know the ends and the outs, the safe places and…