This slideshow goes along with Daniel Cook's sermon located here: https://camdenchurchofchrist.org/messages/the-conversion-of-paul/

1. Saul’s New Life
Next: 2 Cor 5:17

2. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a
new creation; old things have passed
away; behold, all things have become
new.” (2 Cor 5:17)
Next: Acts 22:3

3. • He was “brought up in [Jerusalem] at
the feet of Gamaliel.” (Acts 22:3)
• Saul was “circumcised the eighth day,
of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of
Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews . .
. “ (Phil 3:5)
• He made “havoc of the church,
entering every house, and dragging off
men and women, committing them to
prison.” (Acts 8:3)
Next: Acts 26:10–11

4. “. . . Many of the saints I shut up in prison,
having received authority from the chief
priests; and when they were put to death,
I cast my vote against them. And I
punished them often in every synagogue
and compelled them to blaspheme; and
being exceedingly enraged against them, I
persecuted them even to foreign cities.”
(Acts 26:10–11)
Next: Acts 9:26

5. • The disciples “were all afraid of him.”
(Acts 9:26)
• He described himself as having a zeal
“toward God.” (Acts 22:3)
Next: Acts 9:18–30

6. 18 Immediately there fell from his
eyes something like scales, and he
received his sight at once; and he arose
and was baptized. 19 So when he had
received food, he was strengthened. Then
Saul spent some days with the disciples at
Damascus. 20 Immediately he preached
the Christ in the synagogues, that He is
the Son of God. 21 Then all who heard
were amazed, and said, >>

7. “Is this not he who destroyed those who
called on this name in Jerusalem, and has
come here for that purpose, so that he
might bring them bound to the chief
priests?” 22 But Saul increased all the
more in strength, and confounded the
Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving
that this Jesus is the Christ. 23 Now after
many days were past, the Jews plotted to
kill him. 24 But their plot became >>

8. known to Saul. And they watched the
gates day and night, to kill him. 25 Then
the disciples took him by night
and let him down through the wall in a
large basket. 26 And when Saul had come
to Jerusalem, he tried to join the
disciples; but they were all afraid of him,
and did not believe that he was a
disciple. 27 But Barnabas took him and
brought him to the apostles. >>

9. And he declared to them how he had
seen the Lord on the road, and that He
had spoken to him, and how he had
preached boldly at Damascus in the name
of Jesus. 28 So he was with them at
Jerusalem, coming in and going
out. 29 And he spoke boldly in the name of
the Lord Jesus and disputed against
the Hellenists, but they attempted to kill
him. 30 When the brethren found out, >>

10. they brought him down to Caesarea and
sent him out to Tarsus. (Acts 9:18–30)

11. I. Who Saul Was Had Changed
Next: Phil 3:7–8

12. I. Who Saul Was Had Changed
“But what things were gain to me, these I
have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I
also count all things loss for the
excellence of the knowledge of Christ
Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered
the loss of all things, and count them as
rubbish, that I may gain Christ.”
(Phil 3:7–8)

13. II. Saul Changed His Associations
Next: Acts 9:19

14. II. Saul Changed His Associations
Saul “spent some days with the disciples
at Damascus.” (Acts 9:19)

15. II. Saul Changed His Associations
He immediately went to preaching that
Jesus “is the Son of God.” (Acts 9:20–22)

16. II. Saul Changed His Associations
“Now after many days were past, the
Jews plotted to kill him. But their plot
became known to Saul. And they
watched the gates day and night, to kill
him. Then the disciples took him by night
and let him down through the wall in a
large basket.” (Acts 9:23–24)

17. II. Saul Changed His Associations
In Jerusalem “he spoke boldly in the
name of the Lord Jesus and disputed
against the Hellenists, but they
attempted to kill him.” (Acts 9:29)

18. II. Saul Changed His Associations
• In Damascus, they “took him by night
and let him down through the wall in
a large basket.” (Acts 9:25)
• In Jerusalem, “when the brethren
found out [that the Hellenistic Jews
wanted to kill Saul], they brought him
down to Caesarea and sent him out to
Tarsus.” (v. 30) Next: 1 Cor 15:33

19. II. Saul Changed His Associations
“Do not be deceived: ‘Evil company
corrupts good habits.’” (1 Cor 15:33)

20. III. Saul Changed His Mission
Next: Acts 26:15–20

21. III. Saul Changed His Mission
5 So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He
said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are
persecuting. 16 But rise and stand on your
feet; for I have appeared to you for this
purpose, to make you a minister and a
witness both of the things which you
have seen and of the things which I will
yet reveal to you. 17 I will deliver you >>

22. III. Saul Changed His Mission
from the Jewish people, as well as from
the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,
18 to open their eyes, in order to turn
them from darkness to light, and from
the power of Satan to God, that they
may receive forgiveness of sins and an
inheritance among those who are
sanctified by faith in Me.’ >>

23. III. Saul Changed His Mission
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not
disobedient to the heavenly vision,
20 but declared first to those in Damascus
and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the
region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles,
that they should repent, turn to God, and
do works befitting repentance.
(Acts 26:15–20) Next: Acts 9:20

24. III. Saul Changed His Mission
“Immediately he preached the Christ in
the synagogues, that He is the Son of
God.” (Acts 9:20)

25. IV. The Church’s Response to
Saul’s Change
Next: Acts 9:26

26. IV. The Church’s Response to
Saul’s Change
“He tried to join the disciples; but they
were all afraid of him, and did not
believe that he was a disciple.”
(Acts 9:26)
Next: Lk 17:3–4

27. IV. The Church’s Response to
Saul’s Change
“Take heed to yourselves. If your brother
sins against you, rebuke him; and if he
repents, forgive him. And if he sins
against you seven times in a day, and
seven times in a day returns to you,
saying, ‘I repent.’ You shall forgive him.”
(Lk 17:3–4)
Next: Acts 9:27–28

28. IV. The Church’s Response to
Saul’s Change
“But Barnabas took him and brought him
to the apostles. And he declared to them
how he had seen the Lord on the road,
and that he had spoken to him, and how
he had preached boldly at Damascus in
the name of Jesus. So he was with them
at Jerusalem, coming in and going out.”
(Acts 9:27–28)

29. IV. The Church’s Response to
Saul’s Change
“They brought him down to Caesarea
and sent him out to Tarsus.” (Acts 9:30)

30. V. Saul’s Change Was Not Easy
Next: 1 Cor 15:9

31. V. Saul’s Change Was Not Easy
• “I am the least of the apostles, who
am not worthy to be called an apostle,
because I persecuted the church of
God.” (1 Cor 15:9)
• “Chief of sinners” (1 Tim 1:15)
Next: Acts 9:15–16

32. V. Saul’s Change Was Not Easy
“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 9:15–16)