To: RobbyS
An event is no more than an important occurance, with the implication that something has been building up to it. Nothing we read before leads us to believe that he was anything but cocksure of his mission. He was stunned by what happens, but his vision is but the first in a chain of events. Does he KNOW that he is "saved?" Acts does not tell us that what he writes fifteen to twenty years later,hoever one interprets it, was revealed to him in that moment.What does "Lord" mean to you? Paul obviously thought Jesus was his master the minute he asked him. "Lord what must I do?".
To: Invincibly Ignorant
Remember there was a second vision involved in that story and it was not to Paul but to his instructor. God teaches us according to our nature, not as if we were angels. Even Our Lord learned through other men. Or do you think he was born with a complete knowledge of the law of Moses?
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