{"id":3510,"date":"2026-03-16T21:51:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=3510"},"modified":"2026-03-16T21:51:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:51:50","slug":"saul-to-paul-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/saul-to-paul-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"SAUL TO PAUL &#8212; a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/saul-to-paul-optimized.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/saul-to-paul-optimized.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/saul-to-paul-optimized-557x696.png 557w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/saul-to-paul-optimized-768x960.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n<p>SAUL TO PAUL       <\/p>\n<p>by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bill's Bible Basics Poetry and Songs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>01-14-2019<\/p>\n<p>He was a man bound by the Law,<br \/>\nHis holiness he thought was fine,<br \/>\nBut persecuting the Lord&#8217;s kids,<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s when he crossed the line.<\/p>\n<p>So then God chose to intervene,<br \/>\nOn the road to Damascus town,<br \/>\nA very bright light and a voice,<br \/>\nSaul of Tarsus then fell down.<\/p>\n<p>Three days blind with no food,<br \/>\nHe knew it was time to repent,<br \/>\nSo a Christian, Ananias by name,<br \/>\nTo broken Saul was then sent.<\/p>\n<p>But Ananias feared for his life,<br \/>\nHe knew what evil Saul had done,<br \/>\nBut God told him &#8220;Go thy way,<br \/>\nFor dear Saul is my chosen one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thus he obeyed what God had said,<br \/>\nFinding a street called Straight,<br \/>\nScales then fell from Saul&#8217;s eyes,<br \/>\nThank God that it wasn&#8217;t too late!<\/p>\n<p>Such a hot firebrand for the Lord,<br \/>\nPaul soon upset all those Jews,<br \/>\nThey were happy with their faith,<br \/>\nSo they rejected his Good News.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that but they had a plan,<br \/>\nTo take the life of brother Paul,<br \/>\nBut he learned of their treachery,<br \/>\nIn a basket he went over the wall.<\/p>\n<p>In Jerusalem it was much the same,<br \/>\nAt first Disciples feared the man,<br \/>\nBut Barnabas to the Apostles went,<br \/>\nAnd said with Paul God has a plan.<\/p>\n<p>Now after preaching in Jerusalem,<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re told that it happened again,<br \/>\nThis time Grecians wanted him dead,<br \/>\nSo brethren sent him to Tarsus then.<\/p>\n<p>Now the rest of Paul&#8217;s long story,<br \/>\nYou can read in Epistles and Acts,<br \/>\nIt really is such a great read,<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s so many interesting facts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#Poetry #Poem SAUL TO PAUL by Bill Kochman https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry 01-14-2019 He was a man bound by the Law, His holiness he thought was fine, But persecuting the Lord&#8217;s kids, That&#8217;s when he crossed the line. 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