Acts 21-23

Reading for Thursday November 21, 2019
Acts 21-23

Acts 22: 17-21
And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;   And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.   And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:   And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.  And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

Jesus called Paul to be a disciple and to take the message to the Gentiles.  God chose Paul, not because of his past, but because of his potential.  If God only called upon perfect people, or even people that had their lives together, He would have no one to call.  We are all called to be disciples.  What is there about you that makes you unqualified to follow Jesus?  Paul had persecuted andy even killed the followers of Jesus prior to his calling.