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Acts 9:1-9

Introduction:

Every born-again Christian ought to have a testimony about their experience of being born again. That is, the moment they excepted Christ as their Lord and Savior.

I’m certain many born again Christians can recall the moment the Lord spoke to their hearts and changed their course in life. I’ve heard many personal testimonies about how the Lord called certain individuals from the dark ways of the world into God’s marvelous light. However, I don’t believe there has ever been a conversion that could be compared to the conversion of Saul.

After the birth of the Church on the day of Pentecost. when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the believers, the conversion of Saul would be the next greatest event in Church history.

We first meet Saul in Acts 7:58, where the Jews were stoning Stephen to death. Stephen was one of the Lords disciples, and the first martyr of the Church. The Jewish leader had him killed because he revealed their true nature, they hated Jesus and they hated hearing the truth.

People are not much different today when it comes to the Word of God, they may not kill us, but they are not interested in hearing the truth about Jesus.

After the stoning of Stephen, Saul is not heard from again until chapter 9 of Acts, and then we don’t hear about him until chapter 13, where his name is changed from Saul to Paul. Then the rest of the book is focused on Paul’s ministry.

A short bio of Paul reveals that he was a very unique individual. We know that as Saul, he was a great persecutor of Christians. But as Paul, he was the greatest missionary in the history of the early Church.

Saul’s conversion to Christianity would be his testimony for the rest of his life. He would retell the story of his conversion many times during his life work of being a missionary to the Gentile.

Saul was uniquely qualified for the work the Lord would call him to.

As Saul he was totally dedicated to law of Moses. As Paul he became totally dedicated to Christ.

As Saul he was more zealous than any of his contemporaries. If he was given a job review rating, Saul would have been rated “above exceptional”, because of his zeal, ambition and initiative in getting the job done.

As good as he was at persecuting the Christians for their belief, he was dead wrong. Saul actually though he was doing a service to God by hunting down and persecuting God’s people.

Looking at our text we see Saul coming face to face with “The Truth and the Light”.

Strong emphasis on “Truth and Light”.

The Conversion Nobody Acts 9:1-9

Introduction:

Every born-again Christian ought to have a testimony about their experience of being born again. That is, the moment they excepted Christ as their Lord and Savior.

I’ve heard many personal testimonies about how the Lord called certain individuals from the dark ways of the world into God’s marvelous light. However, I don’t believe there has ever been a conversion story or testimony that could be compared to that of Saul.

Saul’s pre-conversion and post-conversion would serve as the 7

After the birth of the Church on the day of Pentecost. when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the believers, the conversion of Saul would be the next greatest event in Church history.

We first meet Saul in Acts 7:58, where the Jews were stoning Stephen to death. Stephen was one of the Lords disciples, and the first martyr of the Church. The Jewish leader had him killed because he revealed their true nature, they hated Jesus and they hated hearing the truth.

People are not much different today when it comes to the Word of God, they may not kill us, but they are not interested in hearing the truth about Jesus.

After the stoning of Stephen, Saul is not heard from again until chapter 9 of Acts, and then we don’t hear about him until chapter 13, where his name is changed from Saul to Paul. Then the rest of the book is focused on Paul’s ministry.

A short bio of Paul reveals that he was a very unique individual. We know that as Saul, he was a great persecutor of Christians. But as Paul, he was the greatest missionary in the history of the early Church.

Saul’s conversion to Christianity would be his testimony for the rest of his life. He would retell the story of his conversion many times during his life work of being a missionary to the Gentile.

Saul was uniquely qualified for the work the Lord would call him to.

As Saul he was totally dedicated to law of Moses. As Paul he became totally dedicated to Christ.

As Saul he was more zealous than any of his contemporaries. If he was given a job review rating, Saul would have been rated “above exceptional”, because of his zeal, ambition and initiative in getting the job done.

As good as he was at persecuting the Christians for their belief, he was dead wrong. Saul actually though he was doing a service to God by hunting down and persecuting God’s people.

Looking at our text we see Saul coming face to face with “The Truth and the Light”.

Strong emphasis on “Truth and Light”.Saw Coming