Do you think the Gideon bible just assembled itself out of thin air? Do you think God wrote it and published it and sent it down from heaven all bound and pretty. How did that Bible get into that hotel room and why s it there?
Concerning Saul of Tarsus on the Damascus Road. I hope you understand that our Lord Jesus is just as human as you or me. He is the God man. He was born of a woman. Hebrews 2 says he took not on him the nature of angels but he took on himself the seed of Abraham.
However, that is not what I had in mind in my op. Saul had heard plenty of preaching and was well aware of what those of “that way” were preaching. He was there in Acts 7 and heard the sermon by Stephen and held the coats of those who stoned him. The language seems to suggest he instigated the riot. Our Lord Jesus asked him why he kicked against the pricks which suggested he was under some kind of conviction from the events of his last few days. A reasoned conclusion from someone who studies the scriptures and believes what he reads would lead one to understand that had Saul. Not heard preaching there would be no Damascus Road conversion.
I will be proving that in a near future thread where I will discuss how God brings the sinner to his new birth. It is fascinating and glorious and it will help to show just why preaching and a faithful witness is of such great importance in the salvation of a sinner. But first I have another subject that has been co- opted by the Calvinists and needs biblical light shined on it.
