What Is Faith?
We often refer to Paul’s encounter with the risen Jesus on the Road to Damascus as a “conversion.” But it is an odd conversion. Paul does not leave behind his knowledge of the Law and the Prophets. He does not leave behind his devotion to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But he does have to reconfigure all that he knows around a new center—a new beating heart—Jesus of Nazareth.
One thing that is true for Paul both before and after his “conversion” is his zeal to be reckoned righteous. That desire for righteousness is not lost after the Road to Damascus, but he has to let this experience…
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