A friend of mine wrote this a few years ago and I've always found it quite interesting as it reveals the truthfulness of Jesus Christ a very engaging manner. I became a Christian when I became convinced it was something God wanted me to do, and He graciously have me the means to genuinely repent and come to Him on His terms. I'm SO glad He did, because without Jesus, I'd still be lost and blind in my sins. Praise God, I am saved!
Why Christianity Can't Compete
Saul of Tarsus was a Jew from Cilicia, a student of the highly respected Gamaliel (a ranking member of the Jewish High Court). Saul had been hand-picked to lead the effort to eradicate a sect of Jews commonly called Christians. These Jews had been convinced that Jesus of Nazareth, recently killed, was their long-promised Messiah. Saul with zeal hunted these Christians, having authority from Jerusalem to punish them to the full extent of the law.
Then one day, this same Saul (later called Paul) was seen on the streets of Damascus, Syria, where he had gone on a mission to hunt Christians. What was he doing? He was preaching that Jesus was in fact the Messiah and had risen from the dead! Obviously, something had happened.
We don?t have to guess what it was. He tells us in his own words: ?You have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it. And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. But... it pleased God... to reveal His Son to me, that I might preach Him among the nations? (Galatians 1: 13,. 16, NKJV).
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