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Acts 9:31 · BSB
9:31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
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…think that the author Luke would continue looking at Saul's life and Saul's conversion, his new life as he becomes Paul. But today what we see inActs chapter 9, 32 through 43 is uh like almost like a camera shift. Uh the scene cuts back to Peter. Um and I think that what we see is this shift is…
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…and false imprisonments. This is this is Saul, this is Paul, this is Paul the persecutor of the church. And some of you know the story. You go toActs chapter 9, he has this moment where he's going down the Damascus Road, Jesus meets him, bright light, boom, knocks him to the ground. He's blind. Paul, why…
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…of practical wisdom for us on how to keep going as followers of Jesus, but also unique information about Saul and his early life. So looking atActs 9, verses 19 to 31, you can sort of call this sections of A Tale of Two Cities. We've got Saul in Damascus in verses 19 to 25, and we've got Saul in Jerusalem in…
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…arrest, is later restored by Christ in John 20 and becomes the great leader of the early church. Someone like Paul, the great threat to the church.Acts chapter 9, sees Christ. Forgiveness paves the way for a new life. He becomes the great missionary of the church. I think about all these stories of people…
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…Acts. And we took a little break for our Advent series, uh, but we jumped back in last week. Um, and we're we're in Acts chapter 9. We're inActs chapter 9, verses 20 through 31. Um, this is all about all of Acts 9 is about Saul's conversion. Saul becomes Paul, he becomes a new creation, the old has passed away, behold, the…
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…stability and reliability. So Paul says I experienced Jesus. Now how did Paul experience Jesus himself? Like to go over to Acts, the book of theActs, Chapter 9, we're going to read how Paul came to faith in Jesus Christ and what type of person he was. Now, Saul, that's what his name was before he became…
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…in Acts chapter 22 in this passage this morning we get to hear the testimony of the Apostle Paul. Now if you've been with us and you know back inActs chapter 9we've already heard his testimony. Well, he reiterates it again here in Acts chapter 22, and before we finish the book in Acts chapter 26, we'll…
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SoActs Chapter 9, verse one. Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord's disciples. He went to the high priest and asked him for…
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…brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet. Early on we find Barnabas being an encourager, an encouragement to those around him. We see inActs chapter 9, he was even an encouragement to Paul. When he was still Saul, after he had been converted and had been preaching for a little while, we see Saul…
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…to Jacob in the place of an open heaven. I can think of a few other people that have experienced an open heaven like that. You think about Saul inActs chapter 9. He is just headed on the road to Damascus. And what happened? Heaven opened up. over Saul. And he came to this place where God struck him and…
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…of Acts. But what we ultimately see is the church, is the kingdom, is Christ prevail and continue to push his mission forward. Now we dive intoActs chapter 9, and what we see is that the same spirit who's been present throughout Acts thus far, we see that same spirit confronting a persecutor. A guy named…
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…be all familiar with the story of Saul of Tarsus, or you may be so familiar of it that it doesn't really astonish you anymore. This is astonishing.Acts Chapter 9. Just listen as I read. But Saul, that was his name before it was Paul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord,…
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…says, am I not an apostle? And the answer he's writing is like, of course I'm an apostle. He says, have I not seen Jesus our Lord? If you go readActs chapter 9? Paul, before he became a follower of Christ, actually persecuted Christians murdered Christians. And he was on his way to Damascus to capture…
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…remarkable when you think about it. This whole section is in stark contrast. To the person Paul used to be. If we think about Acts chapter 8. AndActs chapter 9. What do we find of Saul of Tarsus? We find that he hated the church of the living God. We find that he was actually breathing hatred and murderous…
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…being faithful to Christ for the duration of your life? Absolutely yes. What about for Paul to fulfill his ministry as an apostle? Well, we read inActs chapter 9, What did the risen Lord say to Ananias? I will show him how much he must suffer for my namesake. He's required to submit himself willingly to…
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…gospel and the church and lost and dying souls. In a sense, we really see the continued results and fruit of his dramatic conversion and change inActs chapter 9on the road to Damascus. If we go ahead and turn there, we'll read some of this. We read in Acts chapter 9. Now Saul, still breathing threats and…
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…was a strong person. We don't come to Christ just because we've become so weak we can't get by any other way. But Saul, on the road to Damascus, inActs chapter 9, you can read the story, came face to face with Jesus. And more than anything else, I'm believing in our city, I'm believing in our culture, in our…
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…suddenly. There was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. Or you can look atActs chapter 9and the story of Saul. He's traveling on the Damascus road, and we read this in verse 3. As he was approaching Damascus on this mission to kill…
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…that it started in Jerusalem. The Pentecost sermon was in Jerusalem. The disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem. It's not untilActs chapter 9, after Stephen's death, that the church spreads beyond Jerusalem because of the persecution that arises as the result of Stephen's martyrdom. And…
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…time, at some place, He appeared before James as well. Now, beyond the 40 days, there was one other time, and it's several years later, and it's inActs Chapter 9when Paul was on the Damascus road and Jesus appeared before him too. We're talking about the 40 days. And now we come to the end of the 40 days.…
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