The Apostle Paul was once the enemy of the followers of Christ, but after his sudden conversion on the road to Damascus, believers there showed Paul great grace and mercy, and even saved his life. This lesson retells the dramatic early days of Saul’s ministry in Damascus—marking the first step in God’s turn from Israel to the Gentiles—where he preaches boldly in the synagogues that Jesus is the Christ, enraging the Jews who plot to kill him. But the very believers he once hunted lower him in a large basket through a window in the city wall, providing for his narrow escape. Paul learns that true apostolic life is marked by total dependence on Christ’s grace.