I Appeal To Caesar!

punishing light or an instrument of death, but rather a self- disclosure of Jesus and His love. Jesus’ approach to Saul is both powerful yet humble, He introduces Himself as the Christ whom Saul has been hurting so badly! Saul is not a prisoner of war being interrogated under a bright light. He is simply being introduced to the one he has unjustly and intensely hated.

Jesus now comes as an inquiring friend, not a

destructive enemy.

Awakening and understanding sweep over Saul: “Jesus is concerned about me and is enfolding me, not with harsh judgment but with deep, authentic love! I am not being condemned, but being brought to Truth, to the Light!” Informing, transforming, and illuminating, Jesus the Great Light of the World brings the peace and satisfaction of heaven and its occupants. Saul instantly realizes his foolish rebellion, personal arrogance, and self-righteousness; he cannot destroy the purpose that God wants to happen, and he must not even try! Something new and amazing transpires in Saul of Tarsus, a tremendous revelation of true Life and Light that he later will develop in his letters to the churches of Christ universal. “Grace,” the undeserved, freely given salvation that Christ gives to all who sincerely ask and seek, combines with the truth that Christ and His followers are one. It is as though the essence of the light is a kindly inquiry of “why” Saul was