True. Saul rejected Christ.
Then he "saw the light" and Paul ACCEPTED Him.
We have ALL rejected Him until we, too, Saw the Light!
"Grace greater than ALL my sin"
Acts 8
1. And Saul was there, giving approval to his death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
2. Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.
3. But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
Acts 9
18. Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,
19. and after taking some food, he regained his strength. Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.
20. At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God.
21. All those who heard him were astonished and asked, "Isn't he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And hasn't he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?"
22. Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ. (from the OT, I might add!)
1 Corinthians 15:7-10
7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.