The Apostle Paul recounting his meeting with Jesus on the road to Damascus says, “15 So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. 17 I will [a]deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I [b]now send you, 18 to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified[c] by faith in Me.’” (Acts 26:15-18).
What an amazing event this was in Saul’s life. So powerful that it changed him forever to walk in a new direction. Saul turned from being a persecutor of God’s people, from seeking to destroy the way of Christ to preaching Christ Jesus and establishing most of the first century churches of Christ.
In this lesson the focus will come mostly from verse 18 where Paul quotes what Jesus commanded he must do, “to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified[c] by faith in Me.”