"... Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is The Son of God. All those who heard him were astonished and asked, 'Isn't he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And hasn't he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?' " Acts 9:19-21 (NIV)
While he was still known as Saul, the Apostle Paul was well known as a persecutor of Christians. Because of his prior well earned reputation, he frequently had to tell people of his Damascus road conversion. Some believed him and some didn't, but he continued to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.
All of us have done some things in the past that are an embarrassment to us now. It does not matter how many skeletons there are in our closets, God can still use us. All of the great men of the Bible were sinners, except Jesus The Christ, and God used them. Don't let your past sins get in the way and stop you from serving God now. You have changed, you are a new creature (2 Corinthians 5:17), thanks to The Holy Spirit you are not who you used to be. The fact that you have stopped doing what you did in the past may help you reach someone who is lost in sin where you used to be. God has a plan for each of us, and I am sure that part of that plan involves helping someone else and sharing what you know about Jesus.
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