And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Ephesians 3:1 (KJV)
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
Colossians 4:3 (KJV)
Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
Wow! What a turnaround! Saul of Tarsus once sought the authority of the priests to imprison Christians, but on his journey to Damascus, he encountered the High Priest, Jesus Christ.
Years later, now known as Paul the Apostle, he found himself in bonds. Though imprisoned by men, what truly mattered were the bonds that connected him to Jesus Christ.
“A man is no fool to give up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose” – Jim Elliot. For Paul, what he had lost meant nothing compared to what he had gained – the excellence of knowing Christ and the power of His resurrection.[1]
The whole world experiences some form of bondage. We all yearn for freedom:
· Freedom from oppression
· Freedom from fear
· Freedom from toil
· Freedom from government
God offers humanity the highest form of freedom – freedom from sin, and with it, freedom from death.[2]
#FromBondageToFreedom #PaulsTransformation #FreedomInChrist #PowerOfResurrection #SeekingTrueFreedom
Turning Point: The Power of Redemption
[1] Philippians 3:7-10 (KJV)
But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
[2] 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 (KJV)
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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