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
