Episode Details

Ever wonder what true faith really looks like?
Kyle Norman explores how faith isn’t just something we hold—it’s something we do. Meeting the risen Jesus transforms lives radically, like it did for Saul, Ananias, and Peter. Through their stories, we see Jesus calling each of us to a new way of living marked by grace, change, and bold love.

What You’ll Learn (Key Takeaways):

• Why faith is an active, life-changing relationship, not just a belief

• How encounters with Jesus transform attitudes, actions, and purpose

• The stories of Saul, Ananias, and Peter as examples of radical change

• How Jesus meets us where we are—no one is beyond His grace

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Full Transcript Below:

When Jesus changes lives.

Written and read by Kyle Norman

“Immediately Saul began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God.” (Acts 9:20)

We often use the language of “having faith”, but that makes it seem like faith is a possession we hold. Or maybe faith is a tool that we keep in our spiritual utility belts, only to be used when we need to solve some spiritual problem. But faith, biblically, is a verb – it is an action, a way of life.  This is why the followers of Jesus were initially called “Followers of The Way.”  Meeting the risen Jesus naturally changes us. Jesus changes our habits, our behaviors, our attitudes, the very way in which we live.

Here’s the thing, scripture continually tells the same story.  When people meet the risen Jesus, people meet a Lord who changes their life. There are many examples of this. Take Saul for example. Acts 9 begins by stating that Saul was breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples (Acts 9:1). But if you jump just 20 verses later, we hear that he is in the synagogues proclaiming that Jesus is the Son of God, the Messiah. That’s quite the change isn’t it!  Those two bookend verses highlight that something big must have happened to change this man so dramatically.  Of course, there was. Saul had an encounter with the risen Jesus. 

The same thing happens to Ananias. As Saul is praying and fasting on Strait Street, trying to make sense of his experience on the road to Damascus, the Lord appears to Ananias. Jesus calls him to go to Saul and pray for him. But Ananias initially expresses some hesitation. He’s heard of Saul, he knows his reputa