The account found in Acts 9 of Saul of Tarsus’ transformation into Paul the apostle after Jesus appeared to him on the road to Damascus is perhaps the best known example of God’s desire and the power of His Spirit to restore seemingly irredeemable, deeply flawed people into His instruments for accomplishing His purposes. God used Paul mightily to establish and nurture His Church throughout the Mediterranean basin despite the initial misgivings of the Christ followers whom Saul had previously persecuted. Saul’s supernatural transformation into Paul is a great encouragement for us. God continues today to redeem and restore even the most seemingly hopeless sinners and then put us to work as His representatives to reach our lost world with the restorative Gospel of Jesus Christ.
