Road to Damascus

Good morning all,
This is one of the more familiar passages in Acts for most of us. We've heard a little bit about this young man names Saul who has persecuted the church so vigorously. Today we see him have a radical conversion experience that changes everything. People often use Paul's experience as the classic conversion and speak of a "road to Damascus" experience. Paul himself retells the experience several times both in Acts and in his letters. It is a defining moment in the church's life because Saul will become one of the most important of the apostles. Truly the Spirit can do amazing things.
God bless,
Sam

Acts 9:1-9
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” 5He asked, “Who are you, Lord?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 6But get up and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.” 7The men who were traveling with him stood speechless because they heard the voice but saw no one. 8Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. 9For three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.