In Acts chapter 9, Saul of Tarsus, who later was named Paul, was struck blind when he met the Lord on the road to Damascus . Then we read in Acts 9:6 about Paul, “So he, trembling and astonished said, ‘Lord, what do you want me to do?’ Then the Lord said, ‘Arise and go into the city and you will be told what you must do’”. Notice, Paul would be told “what you must do”. Then we read “But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus . And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank” (Acts 9:8-9). Did Paul have faith in the Lord? Yes. Was Paul saved by “faith only” at this point? No; as we will see, Paul still needed to be baptized to wash away his sins.
The truth of God’s word is found in the Bible. Jesus says in John 8:32, "And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." Only the truth that is found in God’s word can make us free from sin so we can be saved. God wants all people to be saved. 1 Timothy 2:4 says concerning God, "Who desires all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth." Before one can be saved one must first come to a knowledge of God’s truth.
In the book of Acts we have the account of the conversion of the apostle Paul. In Acts chapter 9, Paul is traveling on the road up to Damascus to persecute Christians. The Lord appears to Paul on the road and strikes him blind. In verse 6 Paul asks, "Lord what do you want me to do? Then the Lord said to him, Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do." The Lord did not tell Paul what he must do, but that someone in the city would tell him "what you must do".Let's see now what Paul was told what he must do. In Acts chapter 22, a man named Ananias, came to Paul, taught him, and told him in Acts 22:16, "And now why are you waiting? Arise, and be baptized and wash away your sins,
