the change from Saul to Paul

Sunday: He saw Jesus standing at God's right hand. "Look!" he said. "I see heaven open. The Son of Man is standing at God's right hand." When the Sanhedrin heard this, they covered their ears. They yelled at the top of their voices. They all rushed at him. They dragged him out of the city. They began to throw stones at him to kill him. The witnesses took off their coats. They placed them at the feet of a young man named Saul. The young man named Saul later changed his name to Paul and is responsible for a major portion of the New Testament as well as the church’s mission to the non-Jewish communities. Paul was caught up in the law. Paul was an enforcer of the rules, sent from town to town to bring about order. That is of course until he received a different order from God (Acts 9). On the road to Damascus Paul began his journey from law to grace. He opened his eyes to the way, the truth, and the life, which is a message of God’s love and grace.