The Son of God

"He is the Son of God."

 - Acts 9

Finally, about a third of the way through the Acts of the Apostles, Saul the Persecutor is transformed. He takes on his gentile name, "Paul," and begins to minister and evangelize.

Why didn't God just let the Holy Spirit continue to spread the Gospel? Why was Paul needed? 

And why haven't others, since Paul, been similarly touched by a miracle, likewise to build the Kingdom?

Occasionally in God's time, it is required for Him to step in and guide events more directly. Sometimes He has to nudge things a long. Is it because He has planned it so? Or does He respond to human events as needed? Would the Church have died out without Paul? Would it have sustained too many roots in the Hebrew traditions?

We'll find out some day. For now we just accept that God knew what He was doing, and that He did what had to be done. Saul was chosen. Chosen.

And when the time came to begin preaching, Paul focused on this, and this alone: "He is the Son of God."

When we are at a loss for words in our witnessing, or even in our preaching, do what Paul would do. Just open with these words:

"Jesus is the Son of God."

And go from there . . .