# Saul’s Conversion - The Book of Acts

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 10 Apr 2024, 11 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 193. Join us in today's episode where Saul goes from chasing Christians to becoming one after a bright light and Jesus change his heart. Healed by Ananias and baptized, Saul starts sharing Jesus' love, turning from hunter to hero. Despite dangers, his new friends help him escape trouble, showing how kindness can change the world. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: As he traveled, he got close to Damascus, and suddenly
[0:03] Speaker 1: a light from the sky shone around him. He fell
[0:07] Speaker 1: on the earth and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul,
[0:10] Speaker 1: why do you persecute me? Acts 9, 3-4 Dear God,
[0:16] Speaker 1: thank you for teaching us today that you can use
[0:19] Speaker 1: anyone to bring about your perfect plan, even us. When
[0:24] Speaker 1: we disobey you or forget all about you, For a while,
[0:28] Speaker 1: you find us and remind us that our hope is
[0:31] Speaker 1: in you. Let us be like Saul today, willing to
[0:35] Speaker 1: go anywhere and do anything you say. In Jesus' name, amen.
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[1:16] Speaker 3: Saul's Conversion In our last story, Philip was in Samaria
[1:21] Speaker 3: and was doing such great things. Peter and John came
[1:24] Speaker 3: to join for a short time before returning to Jerusalem.
[1:28] Speaker 3: Philip was also moved by the Spirit to meet the
[1:31] Speaker 3: Ethiopian eunuch and baptize him. In this story, Saul will
[1:36] Speaker 3: encounter the Lord on his way to kill more Christians
[1:39] Speaker 3: and be forever changed, as inspired by Acts.
[1:49] Speaker 1: Hi, friends. It's Julianne Thompson, guest hosting for Julia Jeffress
[1:53] Speaker 1: Sadler here. Welcome back to the Kids Bible in Ear podcast.
[1:57] Speaker 1: A true miracle is taking place today, and you don't
[2:01] Speaker 1: want to miss it. Jesus is going to get Saul's attention,
[2:05] Speaker 1: and his life will never be the same. Listen and see.
[2:13] Speaker 3: Saul was upset with Christians and was on a quest
[2:17] Speaker 3: to kill them. He went to the high priest and
[2:20] Speaker 3: received permission to travel to Damascus and arrest any Christians there.
[2:25] Speaker 3: On his way there, a blinding light from heaven hit
[2:28] Speaker 3: Saul and knocked him to the ground. Saul then heard
[2:31] Speaker 3: a voice say, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?
[2:36] Speaker 3: Saul asked, Who are you? In which the voice responded,
[2:41] Speaker 3: I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. Now get up
[2:45] Speaker 3: and go into the city, and you will be told
[2:48] Speaker 3: The men with Saul were shocked as they heard the
[2:52] Speaker 3: voice but did not see anyone. When Saul stood up,
[2:55] Speaker 3: he could not see anything. He was blind. The men
[2:59] Speaker 3: with Saul led him into Damascus, and Saul was blind
[3:03] Speaker 3: for three days. At this time, God spoke to a
[3:07] Speaker 3: disciple named Ananias. God told him, In a vision, He
[3:18] Speaker 3: has seen you come and place your hands on him
[3:21] Speaker 3: to restore his sight. Ananias became frightened because he had
[3:25] Speaker 3: heard about Saul and all the things Saul did to Christians.
[3:29] Speaker 3: But Ananias trusted God and went to Saul. When Ananias
[3:34] Speaker 3: entered the house, he placed his hands on Saul and said, Saul, Jesus,
[3:40] Speaker 3: whom you heard on the road, sent me here to
[3:43] Speaker 3: heal you and fill you with the Holy Spirit. Immediately,
[3:48] Speaker 3: Scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again.
[3:51] Speaker 3: Saul then got baptized and hung around the disciples for
[3:54] Speaker 3: a few days. Saul then started to preach to the
[3:58] Speaker 3: people that Jesus was Lord, and the people were shocked.
[4:02] Speaker 3: They had known who Saul was and that he used
[4:05] Speaker 3: to persecute Christians. Saul grew more and more powerful and
[4:09] Speaker 3: continued to baffle the Jews. After some time, the Jews
[4:13] Speaker 3: decided to try and kill Saul, but Saul learned of
[4:17] Speaker 3: their plan. The Jews locked down the city walls and
[4:20] Speaker 3: kept a close watch on him so that he could
[4:23] Speaker 3: not get away. Saul's followers tricked the Jews by hiding
[4:27] Speaker 3: him in a basket and lowering him down and opening
[4:30] Speaker 3: in the wall to help him escape. Saul traveled to
[4:34] Speaker 3: Jerusalem to join the disciples there, but was not accepted
[4:38] Speaker 3: at his arrival because they were scared of him. Barnabas
[4:41] Speaker 3: took him in and brought him to the apostles. Barnabas
[4:45] Speaker 3: told them all about Saul's conversion. and how he preached
[4:49] Speaker 3: in Damascus. Saul stayed with them and traveled around Jerusalem
[4:53] Speaker 3: preaching the name of Jesus. The Jews tried to kill
[4:56] Speaker 3: Saul in Jerusalem as well, so the believers took him
[5:00] Speaker 3: to another city and then sent him off to Caesarea
[5:04] Speaker 3: and Tarsus. The church enjoyed a time of peace and
[5:07] Speaker 3: prosperity where it grew in numbers daily.
[5:15] Speaker 1: All you can say to that is, wow, what a story.
[5:21] Speaker 1: God is full of all kinds of surprises. And today's
[5:24] Speaker 1: story is one of my favorite surprises ever. We opened
[5:29] Speaker 1: with Saul looking for people who believed in Jesus so
[5:32] Speaker 1: he could arrest them, persecute them, and ultimately destroy the church.
[5:37] Speaker 1: This was his mission. So here's Saul on his way
[5:41] Speaker 1: to Damascus to hunt down more followers of Christ. It's
[5:45] Speaker 1: around midday when the sun is the brightest and a
[5:48] Speaker 1: light shines in his eyes, brighter than the sun itself.
[5:54] Speaker 1: And as if the bright light that knocked him to
[5:56] Speaker 1: the ground and took away his sight wasn't enough, the
[5:59] Speaker 1: voice of Jesus himself booms. Saul, Saul, why do you
[6:04] Speaker 1: persecute me? Can't you just see the men there with
[6:08] Speaker 1: Saul frantically looking around trying to figure out where this
[6:12] Speaker 1: loud voice was coming from? It would be three long
[6:16] Speaker 1: days until Saul regained his sight and he wouldn't even
[6:20] Speaker 1: eat a bit of food that whole time. I imagine
[6:24] Speaker 1: he had a lot of thinking to do. I wonder
[6:27] Speaker 1: if the question repeated in his mind over and over.
[6:31] Speaker 1: Why are you persecuting me? It was the Christians who
[6:36] Speaker 1: Saul wanted to kill and destroy. But what he now
[6:40] Speaker 1: understood was that it was actually the God of the
[6:43] Speaker 1: universe he was fighting against. Yikes. Next, God tells Ananias,
[6:50] Speaker 1: a believer in Jesus from the city of Damascus, to
[6:53] Speaker 1: go to the house of Judas and ask for Saul.
[6:57] Speaker 1: He says that Saul has seen him in a vision
[7:00] Speaker 1: coming to him. Can't you just hear the panic in Ananias' voice?
[7:05] Speaker 1: Hold up, Lord. I know all about this Saul. Here's
[7:09] Speaker 1: the one that hunts down followers of Jesus and does
[7:12] Speaker 1: terrible things to them. Why in the world would you
[7:15] Speaker 1: send me to him? Although Oniasis felt afraid, he did
[7:21] Speaker 1: what we should do when we get scared. He obeyed
[7:25] Speaker 1: God anyway. He trusted in God to protect him and
[7:29] Speaker 1: knew God's plan is always the best plan. As Oniasis
[7:33] Speaker 1: placed his hands on Saul, his sight came back and
[7:36] Speaker 1: he was baptized. The Bible tells us that after that,
[7:40] Speaker 1: Saul spent a few days hanging around the followers of Jesus.
[7:45] Speaker 1: He must have had so many questions. And they must
[7:49] Speaker 1: have been in total shock. God's plan was unfolding and
[7:53] Speaker 1: it was nothing like they thought it would be. He
[7:56] Speaker 1: was using the least likely person to reach the world
[8:00] Speaker 1: with his love. Through Saul, the Gentiles, people who were
[8:04] Speaker 1: not Jews... would soon come to know the incredible love
[8:08] Speaker 1: of Jesus and understand that they too could be forgiven
[8:12] Speaker 1: and free. It's a great thing to remember. If you
[8:16] Speaker 1: ever feel like you've done something too bad to be
[8:18] Speaker 1: used by God, remember Saul. If you feel like there's
[8:23] Speaker 1: nothing special about you that God would want to use you,
[8:27] Speaker 1: remember Saul. Saul went from killing Christians to boldly preaching
[8:32] Speaker 1: about Jesus. And risking his own life for the sake
[8:35] Speaker 1: of telling others about God's love. God can use anyone.
[8:42] Speaker 1: And he does. Well, after that we heard how Saul
[8:46] Speaker 1: escaped Jews who saw him as a traitor and wanted
[8:49] Speaker 1: to kill him. He eventually ended up in Jerusalem with
[8:53] Speaker 1: the other disciples. But they weren't so sure about this either.
[8:59] Speaker 1: They knew better than anyone how much he hated believers
[9:03] Speaker 1: in Christ. Barnabas convinced them that Saul's story was real,
[9:07] Speaker 1: and Paul continued to preach about Jesus everywhere he went.
[9:12] Speaker 1: The church was growing, and there was no stopping it now.
[9:15] Speaker 1: God was building his kingdom, and the powers of hell
[9:18] Speaker 1: would not prevail against it. Thanks for listening to this
[9:22] Speaker 1: amazing story. One day we'll get to hear about it
[9:25] Speaker 1: from Paul himself. But in the meantime, let's thank Jesus
[9:30] Speaker 1: for his power to save anyone and his willingness to
[9:33] Speaker 1: use even us. Oh, and please come back next time.
[9:38] Speaker 1: Jesus is still working miracles. This time through Peter. And
[9:42] Speaker 1: we're going to meet two people who will be forever changed.
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