It is hard to imagine what the world would be like without Saul of Tarsus (the apostle Paul), but it would have been harder to imagine that such a violent persecutor of Christians would become a Christian and a missionary. His conversion and call, recorded in Acts 9:1-22, teach us not to despair of anyone or of ourselves, because God’s grace is sufficient for them and for us.
In the previous section, Paul asserted that no one can be right before God by observing the law but rather through faith in Christ. ...
Although we work for the growth of the kingdom, it grows mysteriously in ways that we cannot understand or control.
No matter how bad things get, God is still working out his own holy will through seen and unseen agents.