He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
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… a light fell from heaven and it suddenly shone down around him and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? Who are you, Lord? Saul asked. The voice replied, I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. Now get up and go into the city and you'll be told what to do. But the men who were with Saul stood speechless for they heard the sound of someone's voice but saw no one. We'll stop there. Don't you love that story? So here's Saul. He's like a wild animal. Verse one says he was uttering threats. And this is an interesting phrase. It means he was ravaging people to destroy them. He was just filled with fury. In fact, Paul said in Acts 26, 11 when giving his testimony, a raging, fury, obsessed him. And if you were to have told Saul, hey buddy, before you get to the end of this trip, you're gonna be a Christian, he would have laughed in your face. …
… As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? Who are you, Lord? Saul asked. I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting. Now listen to this. Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do. Hit me again with verse 4. He heard a voice when he fell to the ground. Saul saw. But Justin, if you can real quick, circle that. Saul saw. Today, I want to tell you what my subject is. I want to talk to you about when God gets ready. I also have a subtitle to help it stick so you can remember it. Here's the subtitle. have commas. I'll explain it in 15 minutes, but say it by faith. Callings have commas. Put a comma in the chat. Tell your neighbor, callings have commas. So when he says, Saul, Saul, verse 4, Saul… Now circle what comes between comma, Saul. …
… who is the Christ we pray, and the people of God, who love God, may say, Amen. I want to invite you at this time to turn with me to Acts chapter 9, verses 1 through 9. The scripture will come up on the screen. We'll be looking at the new international version, but whatever version you have, if you want to mark in your Bible or your Bible app, is certainly the Word of God. But we're going to look at Acts chapter 9, beginning with verse 1, and it reads as follows. Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord's disciples. He went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the way, whether men or women, he might take them prisoner to Jerusalem. As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? …