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扫罗的改变出人意料。在去大马士革逮捕基督徒的路上，他被一道从天而来的光挡住了去路。他听见主耶稣自己说：“扫罗，扫罗！你为什么逼迫我？”接着，他瞎眼了三日，之后这个从前对基督徒充满恨意的人被圣灵充满了。

主耶稣改变了他的生命。

这位主今天仍能改变生命。我记得有一个参加周末退修会的基督徒青年小组的青少年。她回家后告诉父母：“我信耶稣了。”她遇见了主，主改变了她的生命。

这样的事每天都在发生。就在最近，一个本地教会有25个成年人受洗，他们大多数人的成长过程并没有宗教背景。当地一所服侍无家可归者的机构经常见证戒瘾的居民成为全新的人。

每一天，每个国家都有藉着福音被改变的生命。主耶稣藉着福音——也就是神藉祂的儿子耶稣基督，赦免我们的罪，又赐给我们新生命这一好消息——来改变人。今天，耶稣仍在施行拯救！

Saul was in for the surprise of his life. On his way to the city of Damascus to arrest people who were followers of Jesus, he was stopped in his tracks by a light from heaven. And he heard the voice of Jesus himself asking, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” Then, after three days of being blind, the man who had been filled with hatred for believers in Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit.

The Lord Jesus changed his life.

The same Lord still changes lives today. I remember a teenager who had joined with a Christian youth group on a weekend retreat. And when she came home, she told her parents, “I have become a follower of Jesus.” She had met the Lord, who changed her life.

It happens every day. Just recently a local church baptized 25 adults, most of whom grew up without a religious background. And a local mission that reaches out to people who are homeless often sees residents being healed from their addictions to become changed people.

Lives are changed through the message of the gospel in every country every day. The Lord Jesus changes lives through the message of the gospel—the good news that God forgives our sin and gives us new life through his Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus still saves today!