Acts 22: "How I Was Saved," by Paul

Millions of people who consider themselves Christians have referred to the conversion of Saul of Tarsus (Paul the apostle) as support for their view that salvation is by faith alone. They believe that he was saved on the road to Damascus in Acts 9. In this reading, after several years have passed, Paul is defending himself in the presence of the rioters by telling them how he was saved. He told them that Ananias, who visited him after he got to Damascus, said, “And now why tarriest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord” (v. 16). So, he was not saved on the road to Damascus—and he knew it.