Devotion for Kids
Saul Persecutes the Christians

"As for Saul, he made havoc of the church,
entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison."
Acts 7:54-8:3

Saul was destroying the church. The Christians gathered together to listen to the disciples, but Saul despised the followers of the Lord Jesus and His teachings. He didn't go after the Christians because he hated God-no, far from it. Saul had studied the Bible and thought he was doing his best to help God. He even thought he was serving God by persecuting these men and women. He was blindly serving the Lord in his own way instead of in God's way.

The problem was that Saul didn't believe that Jesus was God's Son. Saul was a picture of the antichrist, which is what the Bible calls those who are against Christ and therefore against God Himself. How terrible it is to be against God! Ask the Lord to show you how to serve Him according to His will.

Would you still believe in God if that meant going to prison for your faith?

L. de Bruijn