Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.[a] It is hard for you to kick against the goads...Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.” vv4-5,10
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Check out the comparison of these tow calling and response of the Lord. First there's Saul who doesn't believe in Jesus Christ that once he's knocked to the ground and hears a voice he knows it's God somehow talking to him. Nice that the voice is Jesus just as the voice of God we see in other parts of scripture, they're on in the same. Then there's Ananias and he gets a vision of the physical Jesus and uses the same respectful name calling Him Lord. Can you imagine being Ananias and having to love someone everybody hates and be nice to him and give hime something he doesn't deserve? Can you imagine how mean his friends might be not trusting or understanding why he did what he did for Saul? What are ways you've been or haven't been like Ananias in your life?
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