Friday 6 May 2022

May 6: Acts 9:1-9

Key Verse: Acts 9:5
 ‘Who are you, Lord?’ Saul asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ he replied.

Devotion:
Saul was making quite a name for himself by actively going after people who belong to “the Way” This was one of the earlier names for the Christian movement; nowadays we get called all sorts of things! Jesus was watching everything Saul did and wanted him to see the error of his ways.

Sometimes people can mistake us for some sort of a cult when we go out and actively try to get people to follow God. This is because we are stepping out and doing something which seems alien to many people; we should be living a very different life to the average person on the street. We should be seen as being different, but we should also be seen as being people who are willing to do everything to show others the truth.

This is where people may confuse us with cults if they do not know about Christianity. Saul was one of those people because he really did think he was following God’s laws by throwing people of “the Way” in jail! The early Christians were doing something very different to what the teachers of the law were teaching. They were following the truth as Jesus told it. We can look back on these times and see how much the disciples were willing to put on the line to follow Christ…

We need to stand up and be seen as people willing to change our lives so we can draw closer to Christ – not just any religion or cult, but the truth as given to us by Jesus Himself. Jesus came to uphold the law and everything He did was upholding God’s law, unlike mankind who was uplifting himself rather than Christ!

Points to Ponder:
Are you willing to stand up as a Christian?

Will you show others what you know to be the truth?