The Reality of the life in Christ Part 6

<p>DVD with Niyi Adekunle&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>&nbsp;Saturday 21st,&nbsp;August&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Reality of the Life of Christ 6</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>We were introduced to this man called Saul in Acts 7. Saul was the supervisor over those who stoned Stephen to death but he did not stop there, he kept looking for Christians all through Jerusalem breaking into their homes and locking them in jail. Saul was a terror amongst the Christians and a very zealous Pharisee defending the cause of Judaism. But when Saul met God, his life witnessed a complete turnaround.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Acts 9:21-22 (NKJV),</p> <p>21But all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? 22But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Saul (who later became Paul) was going to Damascus to arrest the Christians there and bring them to Jerusalem to be jailed. On the way, he met Jesus in a spectacular way and he ended up blind after that encounter. God then sent&nbsp;Ananias&nbsp;to him, Saul got saved&nbsp;and his sight was restored. The experience transformed Saul’s life to a new being, his change was so radical that people who knew him almost didn’t believe he was the same person. They were amazed at his life and the way he went about conducting himself. Your life in Christ should be amazement. Some things in your life should defy human understanding. If everything in your life can be explained by human logic, you have not truly experienced this life of God.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The life of God in Saul’s life was so real that when he was bitten by a poisonous snake he simply shook it off. People around thought he was an evil man and would soon die. But the life of God inside of him was real. He shook off the snake and he did not die. He was simply fulfilling the scripture t