Easter Changes Everything

"Without the resurrection of Jesus; this is nothing. The community of faith, the love, the hope, the joy, the peace, the purpose we have... is nothing... without the Resurrection. Everything hinges on the resurrection!

Saul of Tarsus was passionate and zealous for God; protecting and defending Judaism. He was so set on adhering to the boundaries of the Torah, the law of Moses; he was intent on destroying the early believers.

Saul's Damaskus encounter not only changed him, it impacted 20 centuries of Christians that would follow.

His entire belief system was shattered and would have to be reformed into an entirely new world view.

"Jesus wasn't the rival of God, Jesus was the Face of God."

He was renamed Paul; now the leaders who wanted Jesus put to death wanted Paul put to death. Everything changed.

God gave Paul this message that changed the entire world view:

Galatians 3:28 "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."