Passage of the Day - January 28, 2011

Acts 22:6-16

⁶"But it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus about noontime, a very bright light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me,

 ⁷and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'

 ⁸"And I answered, 'Who are You, Lord?' And He said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.'

 ⁹"And those who were with me saw the light, to be sure, but did not understand the voice of the One who was speaking to me.

 ¹⁰"And I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.'

 ¹¹"But since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

 ¹²"A certain Ananias, a man who was devout by the standard of the Law, and well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,

 ¹³came to me, and standing near said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' And at that very time I looked up at him.

 ¹⁴"And he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear an utterance from His mouth.

 ¹⁵'For you will be a witness for Him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

 ¹⁶'Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.'

Our calling is laid out in scripture.  We see the spiritual and physical needs of ourselves, our family, and other people.  Are we going to sit and think about it some more?  Why do we delay?  Get up, be baptized, wash away our sins calling on His name and GET TO WORK!

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