Sketches from the Life of Paul (1883) — PDF Scan 30
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CONVERSION OF SAUL . 23 officehad given them great influenceover his mind ,and causedhim tobelievethatthestoryof the resurrection was an artful fabrication of the disciplesofJesus. Now thatChristwas revealed to Saul, the sermon of Stephenwas brought forciblyto his mind. Those words which the priestshad pronouncedblasphemy,now appeared to him as truth. In that time of wonderful illumination, his mind acted with remarkable rapidity. He traceddown throughprophetic history,and saw thatthe rejectionof Jesusby the Jews ,hiscrucifixion,resurrection,and ascensionhad been foretoldby the prophets, and provedhim tobe thepromisedMessiah. He remembered the words of Stephen: " I see the heavensopened,and theSon ofman standingon the right hand of God ," and he knew that the dying sainthad looked upon the kingdom of glory. What a revelationwas allthisto the persecutor of thebelievers! Light,clearbut terrible, had broken in upon his soul. Christ was revealed to him as having come to earth in fulfillmentof his mission, being rejected,abused, condemned,and crucifiedby thosewhom he came tosave,and ashaving risenfrom the dead,and ascended into the heavens . In that terrible moment he remembered thattheholyStephenhad beensacrificedby hisconsent; and that through hisinstrumentalitymany worthysaintshad met theirdeathby cruelpersecution." And he,tremblingand astonished,said,Lord, what wilt thou have me to do ? And the Lord saiduntohim,Ariseand go intothe city,and it shall be told thee what thou must do ." No doubt entered the mind of Saul that this was