St Paul

Paul lived around the same time Jesus did, but he never met Jesus. When Paul was born he was called Saul.  He did not like Christians because he did not know Jesus and didn’t know why people believed in Him. Then Paul had an amazing thing happen to him.  One day, Paul was on his way to the city of Damascus to find some Christians and throw them in jail (during that time it was against the law to be Christian). As he was riding along on his horse a big light shone all around him and he was knocked to the ground. He became blind and he heard a voice say, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"  Saul answered, "Who are you, Sir?" And the voice said, "I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting." Paul asked, "What do you want me to do?" Jesus told him go to Damascus and at that moment Saul received the gift to believe in Jesus. He was baptized and changed his name to Paul to show that he was a changed person. He traveled to many countries and wrote lots of letters telling people about Jesus.  His letters can be found in the Bible!