Acts 9:11-14
11 So the Lord said to him, “Arise and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus, for behold, he is praying. 12 And in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him, so that he might receive his sight.” 13 Then Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem. 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.”
Ananias was told to give sight to the blind Saul, one who had men like him tied up and taken away to torture and death for the sake and name of Jesus Christ. He knew all the history to date on the many saints who were harmed so far, and it is most likely that he was also afraid to be next. Yet the call from Jesus was to go so Saul could see - the blind to receive physical as well as spiritual eyes to see. So we are called to haters and persecutors, atheists and agnostics, misled and violent against Christ in us - all for the gospel. We bring others to see so God may give them sight.
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