The Wayward One

The Wayward One

(Acts 9:1-18)

A Pharisee among the pharisees. 

 Pure born son of Benjamin

   Circumcised on the Eighth Day

    Confident in the flesh

     Righteous according to the law

      Abstaining from all that is unclean

       Boasting in his own merits

         Believing himself blameless before the bar of God  

           Zealous but not according to knowledge

             Spiritually Blinded and Stumbling

               A heart hardened to the truth  

                Kicking against the Pricks

                 Persecuting the Church of Christ

                    But in a flash of light from Heaven

Christ redeemed the wayward one!

                    Transformed forever by divine grace, peace, and love

                  Baptized into the Church of Christ

                Anointed by the Holy Spirit

              A changed heart born again

            Spiritually awakened and established

          On Fire with the Word of God

        Justified and blameless before the bar of God

      Boasting solely on the merits of Christ

     Living in true Christian freedom

    Righteousness from God based on Faith

  Confident in the promise of the comforter

  Inwardly Circumcised in the heart  

 An adopted child of God

And an Apostle to the Gentiles