Re-Creation on the Damascus Road: How God Made All Things New in Acts 9
When God Steps In to Recreate Every great transformation in Scripture echoes a deeper theme, God’s commitment to re-create what is broken . From the beginning in Genesis, where He shapes order from chaos, to the Cross, where He births life from death, God is not done with His creation. Acts 9 gives us one of the most powerful moments of re-creation, the conversion of Saul of Tarsus. This isn't just a personal salvation story—it is a divine intervention that rewrites the trajectory of one man, reshapes the early church’s mission, and renews the imagination of what God can do with even the most hostile heart. God Recreates a Man – Saul to Paul Saul enters Acts 9 not as a seeker, but as a murderous persecutor . “Breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord” (Acts 9:1), he sets out to arrest Christians in Damascus. He is full of fire, but it is misdirected. He believes he’s serving God, but he is warring against Him. Then suddenly, heaven breaks in: “As...