You're not going to be here. What is this surprise in the nature of the Apostle Paul that he can go from breathing out

threatening and slaughter against the disciples of Christ one day

and be a submissive disciple of Christ the next.

Of course he had this stupendous vision on the road to Damascus, but is there something more

we can learn about the life of Paul itself that can give us clues to his energy and passion.

Hello, we're Scott and Maureen Proctor and this is Meridian magazine's Come Follow Me

Podcast. Today's lesson is What W will thou have me do?

Which is Acts chapter 6 through 9.

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In the first years after the resurrection, the robust growth of the church caught the attention of the Jewish

elite of Jerusalem, who must have been sadly disappointed that their crucifixion of Jesus did not

stop the gospel from bursting forth. It reminds us of those who murdered the prophet

Joseph Smith and the patriarch Chiram Smith and thought this would kill the growth of the early

church.

Such was not the case.

Already in Acts chapter six,

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