The resurrected Lord Jesus Christ meets Paul face to face, and in that one moment Saul recognizes the depth of his spiritual blindness, his entire theological worldview comes crumbling down, and he is on the ground before the Lord God of the Universe . . . whom he has been actively persecuting by persecuting those who are called by His name.

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What God has done, man cannot overturn. The Apostles preach boldly in public, they speak from within the Temple itself, and declare the wonders of God and His Son Jesus Christ.

And so it is, with one eye over our shoulder on the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we might wonder just who has power in the world now? Who rules over all now? When the agents of evil, the agents of Satan, seek to silence the Lord’s chosen spokesmen, when they bring all of their power against them . . . who is victorious?

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God’s original plan for humanity was undying life in the flesh. He had designed humanity for an unending life, lived with Him and enjoying His presence.

If Christ cannot grant that . . . if in this life only we have hope in Christ . . . then yes, we are to be pitied more than all men.

But we have confidence for something much greater. We have confidence in a resurrection from the dead that does not lead to eternal condemnation, but a resurrection that leads to eternal bliss.

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