<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Acts 9;1-6<div><br><div><br></div><div><b>1. &nbsp;But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest</b></div><div><b>2. &nbsp;and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.</b></div><div><b>3. &nbsp;Now as he journeyed he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed about him.</b></div><div><b>4. &nbsp;And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”</b></div><div><b>5. &nbsp;And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” &nbsp;And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting;</b></div><div><b>6. &nbsp;but rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>God delights to transform us. &nbsp;By his Word and the Spirit, he is conforming each of us into the image of Christ Jesus, the Great Servant/King.</div><div><br></div><div>Saul’s life was devoted to crushing what he believed was a heretical cult which was corrupting pure Judaism. He thought he was being God’s servant. &nbsp;In reality, he was directly and personally&nbsp;persecuting God’s servant Jesus.</div><div><br></div><div>Notice that the Lord Jesus did not say, “I am Jesus and those are my followers you are persecuting.”</div><div>Jesus said, <i>“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.” &nbsp;</i>&nbsp;Our Lord lives in us.</div><div><br></div><div>Jesus teaches, <i>“Whatsoever, you do to&nbsp;the least of these my brethren, you do it unto Me.”&nbsp;</i></div><div>(Matthew 25;40)</div><div><br></div><div>Living the ‘Life of faith’ must include a right understanding of who we truly are. &nbsp;We are cleansed vessels, with Christ in-dwelling us. &nbsp;(see, Galatians 2;20, Colossians 1;27, John 17;23, John 14;23)</div><div><br></div><div>I love the Christmas Carol, “O Little Town of Bethlehem” &nbsp;LSB&nbsp;#361 st.4 <i>“O holy Child of Bethlehem, Descend to us we pray,; Cast out our sin, and enter in, Be born in us today. &nbsp;We hear the Christmas angels The great glad tidings tell; O come to us, abide with us, Our Lord, Immanuel!</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>Prayer: &nbsp;Merciful Father, teach our hearts our true identity. &nbsp;Let us find our true selves through your Word of Life to us. &nbsp;In Jesus we pray, Amen.</div><div><br></div><div>Love,</div><div>Dad/Baba/Eric</div><div>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</div><div>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.”<br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Acts 9;1-6

1.  But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest2.  and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.3.  Now as he journeyed he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed about him.4.  And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”5.  And he said, “Who are you, Lord?”  And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting;6.  but rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.
God delights to transform us.  By his Word and the Spirit, he is conforming each of us into the image of Christ Jesus, the Great Servant/King.
Saul’s life was devoted to crushing what he believed was a heretical cult which was corrupting pure Judaism. He thought he was being God’s servant.  In reality, he was directly and personally persecuting God’s servant Jesus.
Notice that the Lord Jesus did not say, “I am Jesus and those are my followers you are persecuting.”Jesus said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.”   Our Lord lives in us.
Jesus teaches, “Whatsoever, you do to the least of these my brethren, you do it unto Me.” (Matthew 25;40)
Living the ‘Life of faith’ must include a right understanding of who we truly are.  We are cleansed vessels, with Christ in-dwelling us.  (see, Galatians 2;20, Colossians 1;27, John 17;23, John 14;23)
I love the Christmas Carol, “O Little Town of Bethlehem”  LSB #361 st.4 “O holy Child of Bethlehem, Descend to us we pray,; Cast out our sin, and enter in, Be born in us today.  We hear the Christmas angels The great glad tidings tell; O come to us, abide with us, Our Lord, Immanuel!
Prayer:  Merciful Father, teach our hearts our true identity.  Let us find our true selves through your Word of Life to us.  In Jesus we pray, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.”

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