How Saul Met Christ (9:3-9)
The REVELATION to Saul (v3-7)
There was a light (3-4a)
This light was from heaven and was the very glory of God in Christ (this occurred at noon according to Acts 22:6)
This light was so intense it caused Paul and his entire entourage of temple guards (Acts 26:14) to fall to the ground
There was a voice (v4b-9)
Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?
God knew who Saul was and what He was doing
By persecuting the church, Saul was persecuting Christ
I am Jesus whom you are persecuting
Saul asked, “Who are you, Lord?”
Jesus confirms what Saul know – it is Christ
Repeating “whom you are persecuting” shows guilt
It is hard for you to kick against the goads (Acts 26:14)
Common expression coming from farmers goading their oxen with a stick that had a point on the end of it – the more the oxen stubbornly kicked at the goad the more the paint jabbed into the animal
How had Saul been kicking at Christ’s goading? words/life of Jesus; Stephen’s preaching/death; the courageous faith of the Christians he persecuted
Get up; enter the city; it will be told you what you must do