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Acts 9:1-22

The conversion from Saul to Paul was the enablement of the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul testified to this in 1Timothy1:12, ÒAnd I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry.Ó Before Paul was counted faithful by Jesus there was enablement in place. PaulÕs enablement took place when JesusÕ name sounded in his direction. Acts 9:4-6, ÒThen he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, ÒSaul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?Ó 5 And he said, ÒWho are You, Lord?Ó Then the Lord said, ÒI am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.Ó 6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, ÒLord, what do You want me to do?Ó Then the Lord said to him, ÒArise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.Ó Saul was an established persecutor and a hard hearted man that wanted to deny the mission of the Lord Jesus by all possible means. Saul heard the voice of Jesus but he questioned the voice. At the name of Jesus, Saul did not have power to question nor resist but to tremble. Saul was also astonished because the name was not for him to resist. It is written, at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth. (Philippians 2:10). Saul went beyond just bowing, but trembled and astonished. Above all, he lost his sight for three days and could not eat or drink for three days. All this happened on his way to < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Damascus in attempt to go and disable the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. Saul was disabled from answering Saul and became enabled to be answering Paul. Ask God to sound His name in your direction. His name, not just His voice will terminate all that doesnÕt represent the calling of God in your life. Saul the persecutor became Paul the apostle. He is a faithful God.