People Can Change
Acts 9 Saul was a person who helped to persecute Christians who followed Jesus. Saul was blind after Jesus came to visit him while he was going to Damascus. While Saul was conversing with the Lord, Jesus asked him why he was persecuting Him. After this experience with the Lord, Saul believed in the Lord. Saul had a change of heart, but he was also blind. Saul was commanded to go to Damascus to receive more instruction. Meanwhile, Ananias had a vision to go see Saul and to heal him from the blindness. Ananias was surprised because he knew Saul had been persecuting the Lord's people, however, he trusted the Lord and did as the Lord commanded. Ananias met Saul and cured his blindnesses. Saul had been blind for three days. Saul went on to become a great disciple of Christ, and he even wrote a lot of the New Testament (in the form of his letters to different congregations of saints). This dramatic transformation show us that people can change. This is something that gives us hop...