TELLING YOUR STORY

TELLING YOUR STORY
ACTS 9:1-18

“THE CONVERSION AND APOSTLESHIP OF SAINT PAUL ALONE, DULY CONSIDERED WAS IN AND OF ITSELF A DEMONSTRATION SUFFICIENT TO PROVE CHRISTIANITY TO BE A DEVINE REVELATION.”
GEORGE LIDDLETON,

PAUL’S CONVERSION IS MENTIONED 9 TIMES IN THE NT

 A DANGEROUS MAN,

   MISGUIDED,

      BACKSTORY;

ACTS 22:1-3

   “TARSUS” 21:39, “REPUTABLE CITY”

   “CILICIA” ROMAN CITIZEN

   “THIS CITY” JERUSALEM

   “GAMALIEL” TOP SCHOLAR OF HIS DAY

   “STRICTLY ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF OUT FATHERS, BEING ZEALOUS FOR GOD …”HE WAS A PHARISEE


   MURDEROUS, 9:1-2

   7:54-60, 58, “YOUNG MAN”
   8:1-3 “RAVAGING THE CHURCH” PIC OF A WILD BOAR

   9:1, “BREATHING THREATS AND MURDER …”

A DRAMATIC CONVERSION, 9:3-9

   VISION,
22:6, “A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT”

   VOICE,

   VICTORY,

A DOUBTING MENTOR, 10-18

A DETERMINED DISCIPLE, 19-39

APPLICATION,

4 SIGNS THAT YOU ARE BEING CONVERTED:

   1. GOD HAS BEEN PURSUING YOU, “KICK AGAINST THE GOADS …”

   2. YOU’VE BEEN BLIND

      3 CHARACTERISTICS THAT YOUR EYES WERE OPENED:

       A SENSE OF WONDER,

      TRANSPARENCY INSTEAD OF HYPOCRISY,

      GRACIOUSNESS AND GENEROSITY

   3. YOUR PAST DOES NOT DISQUALIFY YOU FROM GOD’S GRACE, 9:15

   4. YOUR PAST DOES NOT DISQUALIFY YOU FROM THE FUTURE, 9:15



YOUR STORY:
(YOUR STORY IS NOT PAUL’S, IT IS YOURS)

   MY LIFE BEFORE CHRIST,

   MY LIFE IN CHRIST,