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Conversion of Saul Conversion of Saul - Acts 9 & 22:1-16 Ancestry = Jew - Hebrew Education = Gamaliel Religion = Pharisee Church = Persecuted Conversion = Christian Life = Dedication
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Conversion of SaulConversion of Saul - Acts 9 & 22:1-16
Ancestry = Jew - HebrewEducation = Gamaliel
Religion = PhariseeChurch = PersecutedConversion = Christian
Life = Dedication
I. Ancestry Means Nothing inI. Ancestry Means Nothing inSpiritual MattersSpiritual Matters
“I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.” Acts 22:3Acts 22:3
Descendant ofAbraham
34. Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Acts 10:34-35
“God shows no partiality.” NKJV
II. Having a Great Teacher willII. Having a Great Teacher willNot Necessarily save usNot Necessarily save us
“I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.” Acts 22:3Acts 22:3
II. Having a Great Teacher willII. Having a Great Teacher willNot Necessarily save usNot Necessarily save us
We must obey God our self
2 Cor. 5:10 - judged individually
1 Cor. 3:6-7 - it is God who saves us
III. Being Religious and SincereIII. Being Religious and SincereIs not enough to save usIs not enough to save us
“I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.” Acts 22:3Acts 22:3
III. Being Religious and SincereIII. Being Religious and SincereIs not enough to save usIs not enough to save us
Gal. 1:13-14 - “exceedingly zealous”
Matt. 7:21-23
Paul was zealousBusy persecuting Christians
But He was LostBut He was Lost
IV. It is Possible to PersecuteIV. It is Possible to PersecuteChrist while being SincereChrist while being Sincere
“I And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women..”
Acts 22:4Acts 22:4
Acts 23:1Acts 23:1 “lived in all goodConscience”
IV. It is Possible to PersecuteIV. It is Possible to PersecuteChrist while being SincereChrist while being Sincere
Acts 9:4 “...Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?”
To persecute Christ is to persecute the church.
Gal. 5:15 “bite and devour one another”
V. When we learn we are wrongV. When we learn we are wrongWe should admit it.We should admit it.
“Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” Acts 9:6Acts 9:6
Paul did not make excuses !
When we see we are wrong we must be willing to change and do right
VI. A lost man is not saved byVI. A lost man is not saved byFaith onlyFaith only
Jesus told Saul what to do
He believed it.
Was he saved at that point ?
No !! He had to obey !!!!
Heb. 11:30Heb. 11:30 “By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down”
Joshua 6Joshua 6
James 2:20-26James 2:20-26
Not saved by dead faithNot saved by dead faith
Body + Spirit = live bodyBody + Spirit = live body
Body - Spirit = dead bodyBody - Spirit = dead body
Faith + works = live faithFaith + works = live faith
Faith - works = dead faithFaith - works = dead faith
Jas 2:24 “Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.”
Paul was not saved on the road to Paul was not saved on the road to Damascus !Damascus !
He was told to “go into Damascus He was told to “go into Damascus and there it shall be told thee of all and there it shall be told thee of all things...” Acts 22:10things...” Acts 22:10
He could not have been saved if He could not have been saved if he still had sins.he still had sins.
VII. Immersion brings oneVII. Immersion brings oneInto the ChurchInto the Church
Acts 22:16 “And now why tarriest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord”
One cannot be in the church untilHis sins are gone
Is where our sins are washed away!
Acts 22:16
1 Pet. 3:21
Acts 2:38
Mark 16:16
Rom. 6:3
Gal. 3:27
IN CHRIST
“ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS”
(EPH. 1:3)
SALVATION(2 TIM. 2:10)
“NO CONDEMNATION
”(ROM. 8:1)
“NEW CREATION”(2 COR. 5:17)
BAPTISMROMANS 6:3
VIII. After becoming a ChristianVIII. After becoming a ChristianWe devote our life to ChristWe devote our life to Christ
Phil. 1:21 “For to me to live is Christ...”
Rom. 12:1 “...present your bodies a living sacrifice,...
2 Tim. 4:7 “I have kept the faith”
Conversion of SaulConversion of Saul - Acts 9 & 22:1-16
He was Sincerely wrong
He learned the truth and obeyed
Saul An enemy became a friend of the church and became Paul
To be a friend of Christ youTo be a friend of Christ youMust be obedient !!!Must be obedient !!!
Sermon by Arthur PigmanSermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249706-855-1249
Sunday Morning Jan. 29, 06Sunday Morning Jan. 29, 06
