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Engage Magazine Spring 2019

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12 SPRING 2019 IN THE CLASSROOM THE RESURRECTED JESUS LITERALLY KNOCKED PAUL OFF HIS FEET DURING HIS DAMASCUS ROAD EXPERIENCE (ACTS 9:1–6; 22:7–8). PAUL WAS MARCHING TO DAMASCUS, A CITY NORTH OF GALILEE WITH A LARGE JEWISH POPULATION. HIS MISSION WAS TO ARREST THE JEWS THERE WHO PROMOTED JESUS OF NAZARETH, CRUCIFIED BY THE ROMANS, AS GOD'S MESSIAH. SUDDENLY, A GREAT LIGHT FLASHED, AND PAUL HEARD A VOICE CALL TO HIM, "SAUL, SAUL, WHY DO YOU PERSECUTE ME?" PAUL HAD NO IDEA WHAT THIS VOICE WAS TALKING ABOUT, SO HE RESPONDED, "WHO ARE YOU, LORD?" THE RISEN LORD ANSWERED, "I AM JESUS, WHOM YOU ARE PERSECUTING." HOW WAS THAT POSSIBLE, SINCE JESUS WAS ALREADY DEAD? THE RESURRECTED CHRIST AND CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH IN EPHESIANS HIS BODY: Dr. Lynn Cohick

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