PAUL, When was he born again? C.H. Cayce He was regenerated while on his way from Jerusalem to Damascus to bind and cast in prison those who called on the name of the Lord. When he was brought before the king, Agrippa, for the doctrine he taught, and his teaching was there called in question, and he made his memorable defense before the king, the first thing he did was to relate his experience; he told what “great things the Lord had done for him.”
As he was on his way the Lord spoke to him. When the Lord speaks to the dead, He imparts life. Saul was in love with sin, and a hater of the Lord; but he was made alive to his condition. He saw that he was a great sinner, and cried out, “Who art thou, Lord?” The Lord did not need a preacher to introduce Him, or to make Him known to Saul. He said, “I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.” This was equivalent to saying, “I am your Savior.” Saul now possessed a will which he did not have when he left Jerusalem.
When he started on the journey he had a will to persecute the saints of God; but now he had a will to
know and do the Lord’s will. Hence he said, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” Will springs from life, and as he now has a righteous will—a will to serve the Lord— which he did not have before, it simply shows that he now has a life which he did not have before.” (Cayce’s Editorials vol. 2, ppg 360, 361)