why did christ appear to saul?
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Jesus came to Saul (later Paul) on the road to Damascus because Saul was going around persecuting and killing Christians for the Pharisees.  Jesus asked Saul "Why are you persecuting me?" to make Saul think about what he was doing and Who Jesus really was.  The encounter was the turning point in Paul's life where he accepted Jesus as the Messiah and as his personal Savior.  God chose Paul to be an Apostle.  God knew the heart of Paul and what he would do when confronted by the truth.  \n\nHowever, for the sake of argument, if Paul had decided not to accept the free gift of salvation, Christianity would still have flourished - because it is of God, not of man.
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It seems to me you answered your own question-the Apostle Paul.
72651
This is like a game show :)\n\nIt was King Saul.
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Because the New Testament tells of Jesus and the early Christians. The Jews never accepted Jesus as their Messiah. They did not understand that Jesus had come to set up a spiritual kingdom in the hearts of men. Their interpretation was that the Messiah prophesied to come would overthrow their oppressors. Jesus being born a humble carpenter, and continually exposing the self-righteousness of the religious leaders of that day meant that they rejected him from the very beginning.
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Paul was a person too...and people are flawed.  Judah was only one brother of 11 who sold his youngest brother to slave traders and Jesus came from his line.  It isn't our job to judge other people or allow them to alter our faith in God.  I think that if it were found that he plead guilty because he was then he was a human doing better than most humans because most wouldn't plead guilty...they would lie and try to cover up what they did.  The key to this question is the idea of repentance...we should focus on his repentance and turning from sin rather than the sin.  Being a man of God doesn't make him exempt from the human tendancy to sin...that's the name of the game when you have true faith...the temptation doesn't go away, it's how you deal with it.
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you basically got it....through adam sin came into the world, which was continued through all the generations. But when Christ came, he made forgiveness and reconciliation available and now it is less hardship to be close to God.
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Niether Jesus nor Paul (Saul) teach the Trinity.  On the contrary, they both taught the Gospel of the Kingdom as the central message -- that those who obey God may become sons of God, as Jesus is.  The Bible is consistant throughout, both Old and New Testaments teach of God's plan to create man in his image and likeness, as Jesus is the very image of God's character (Colossians 1:15).\n\nTrinitarian teachings did not come from the Bible; they did not develope until centuries after the Bible was completed.
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Tough for anybody to answer.  I would say that God works on His terms, and things turned out pretty good.  If you think of the hundreds of thousands of people that lived in the areas of Jesus' ministry, it is likely that they just never ran into each other.  This is all the more likly when you consider that Paul, a Roman citizen, would have been in the upper class, while Jesus' ministry targeted the poor.  Also, Jesus' message went out to the Jews prior to the crucifixion.  It wasn't until just before his death that he gave the Great Commission, sending the disciples to all nations.
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Paul did meet Jesus,on the road to Damascus,and was indeed a Disciple.Next time do a little more research.
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I don't see why it wouldn't be.  According to the Bible, Saul met with the ghost of Samuel, and Jesus met with the ghosts of Moses and Elijah.
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At one time Paul too had a closed mind. He confessed: “Formerly I was a blasphemer and a persecutor and an insolent man. Nevertheless, I was shown mercy, because I was ignorant and acted with a lack of faith.” (1 Timothy 1:13) However, he accepted the truth about Jesus Christ and cast off his prejudices.\n\nSaul enters the Bible record among those killing Stephen. “After throwing [Stephen] outside the city, they began casting stones at him. And the witnesses laid down their outer garments at the feet of a young man called Saul.” “Saul, for his part, was approving of the murder of him.” (Acts 7:58; 8:1) \nSaul’s being born a Roman meant that one of his male ancestors had acquired the privilege of citizenship. How? There are several possibilities. Apart from inheriting citizenship, it could be accorded to individuals or groups either for particular merits, for mere political expediency, or as a reward for some signal service to the State. A slave able to buy his freedom from a Roman, or one emancipated by a Roman citizen, would become a Roman himself.  How citizenship entered Saul’s family remains a mystery.\nSaul, or Paul, made honest provision for himself and supported his missionary activities by making tents. (Acts 18:2, 3; 20:34) The trade of tentmaker was typical of his native city, Tarsus. It is likely that Saul learned the tentmaking trade from his father in youth.\n\nSaul’s knowledge of languages—especially his mastery of Greek, the common tongue of the Roman Empire—also proved invaluable in his missionary work.  Analysts of his writings say that his Greek is excellent. His vocabulary is not classical or literary but, rather, reflects that of the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that he often quoted or paraphrased. On this evidence, various scholars assume that Saul received at least a good elementary education in Greek, probably in a Jewish school.   Saul’s education thus suggests that he came from a prominent family.\nHe was educated at the feet of Gamaliel, a well-known and highly esteemed teacher of the Pharisaic tradition. (Acts 22:3; 23:6) Those studies, comparable to a university education today, threw open the door of opportunity for achieving prominence in Judaism.  Though educated, Paul did not try to impress others with his speech,  nor did he seek to please men.   He did not insist on doing what he had the right to do, but adapted himself to the people to whom he preached, exercising care so as not to stumble others.\n\nTARSUS:  The principal city and capital of the Roman province of Cilicia; birthplace of the apostle Paul. \n\nA great fire ravaged Rome in 64 C.E., destroying about a fourth of the city. The rumor circulated that Nero was responsible and, according to Roman historian Tacitus, Nero tried to protect himself by placing the blame on the Christians.  Christians were tortured, put to death in large numbers, some even being burned alive in public. This appears to have marked the start of a great wave of persecution, not from religious opposers, but from political sources bent on exterminating the Christian congregation.\n\nLikely Paul, who evidently was freed after two years of imprisonment in Rome (c. 59-61 C.E.), now experienced his second imprisonment (c. 65 C.E.). It is generally held that he thereafter was put to death at Nero’s order
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Because, young one:\nWhen he was in the forest a wild boar crossed his path. Chuck then picked him up, spun him upside-down and digested him telekinetically. And he wasn't even hungry.\nIt's also a little-known fact that there were 4 wisemen. When Christ was born one gave him gold, another frankincense, and another myrrh. Chuck gave Jesus the gift of beard, which Jesus loved above all other gifts and proudly wore it. The wisemen got jealous and kicked Chuck out of the Bible. They all died of mysterious roundhouse kick related deaths.\nChuck Norris punched himself out of his Mother's womb and shortly thereafter grew a beard.\nChuck Norris lost his virginity before his dad.\n\nThat's why.
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The witch did not call up Samuel by the power of trickery or Satan; God brought Samuel back to give Saul a prediction regarding his fate, a message Saul already knew. This in no way justifies efforts to contact the dead or communicate with persons or spirits from the past. God is against all such practices.
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Well, Jesus can intercede on our behalf, because the Bible says He was tempted in all points as we are, yet He was without sin, so He understands our human emotions/weakness by personal experience; plus He intercedes ALSO because He is our propitiation with His shed Blood on the Cross, which was the perfect sin sacrifice, since He WAS sinless.
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God had His reasons.\nAs it turns out, Paul was only as effective as he was BECAUSE he converted when he did.  If you read, Paul (Saul of Tarsus at the time) was actively hunting Christians for the Temple.  He was a very good Jew, loyal to God...he just did not know the truth of Christ.  So, when Paul had the most authority with the Jews, Christ chose to convert him (struck him blind, etc.).  Then, Paul could convincingly tell people of the conversion power of the Lord...using himself as the best example.
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God, we dont know what he looks like.  We cant look upon him.  It is because of our sins.  Jesus on the other hand, we have an idea.  Most pictures that you see of Jesus show him as a tall blonde white man.  Sorry to say this, but the bibble says that Jesus was a middle-eastern ( to be politicaly correct) and the he was actually ugly.  It says that he did not attract people by his looks, but by his love and his teachings.
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Historically, they weren't in agreement about any. Jesus followed and presented his own message with no indication that he ever, while alive, met Paul.\n\nPaul followed and interpreted what he felt Jesus' message was and only began doing this after Jesus' death. No conference calls. ("Saul, why do you persecute me?")