Ananias feared Saul, the persecutor of the way of Jesus Christ, but the Lord reassured him.

Acts 9:13-16

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“Then Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.” Acts 9:13

The man that Ananias had heard about from many sources was Saul. Saul brought much destruction to the way of Jesus Christ by breaking them apart and causing them to scatter, by imprisoning women and men, and by consenting to their killing. Before Saul met Jesus Christ, he was that lion roaming around looking for someone to devour, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.” 1 Peter 5″8

In today’s culture, which is global, everyone collectively is involved in bringing harm to Christians, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and Christianity in its entirety. Whether they realize it or not, they are serving Satan by living for the beast that gives them what to speak, do, think, and feel. When we hear that someone has come to God through Jesus Christ, there is plenty of room for skepticism. Many are false disciples and deceitful, “And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.” 2 Corinthians 11:14-15 “For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.” Romans 16:18 “…having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!” 2 Timothy 3:5

“And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.” But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel. For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake.” Acts 9:14-16

Ananias was well aware that Saul had the authorization [from the chief priests] to arrest him [and all followers of Jesus Christ] and to put him on trial in Jerusalem. That was the fear of Ananias when told to go meet Saul. Ananias could have been beat into denouncing his faith in Jesus Christ, imprisoned for the rest of his life, or even stoned to death. In many countries across the globe, Christians are literally put in those circumstances of being terrorized into denying Jesus, imprisoned, and even put to death. In the United States, the psychotic “lamb” is active in causing people to leave Jesus Christ, imprisoning the spread of the gospel of Jesus, and driving Christianity into extinction. Most member countries of the United Nations are atheists that detests Christianity. When the United Nations come into its full power as the undisputed one world government, the arrest, imprisonment, and death of the faithful few will be normalized.

Our Lord ensured Ananias that He chose Saul to spread the Gospel to the non-Jewish [you and me], kings, and to the Jewish people. Saul [called Paul after his conversion to Jesus] did all of this during his life as recorded in Acts 13 through Acts 28.

As followers of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit is able to reassure us about who sincere Believers are. Foremost above all, they have a desire to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which this atheistic culture condemns. They have a desire to bring to light that the governing authorities are working for the government of the beast, as described in Daniel 8:1-14 and Revelations 17. We followers of Jesus Christ have a desire to not condemn the Jewish people [including those of the State of Israel] but to encourage them to acknowledge Jesus as their Christ and Son of God. “You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them.” Matthew 7:16-20

Most importantly, we know those who are truly walking in the Spirit with Jesus Christ because they are willing to suffer for Him, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” Luke 9:23 “If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.” John 15:19

Our Lord said this to Ananias about Paul, “I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake.” Paul said this about his experience living for Christ Jesus, “…in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness— besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches.” 2 Corinthians 11:23-28

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1