This document summarizes Saul's conversion experience on the road to Damascus as described in Acts 9. It notes that Saul immediately began preaching that Jesus is the Son of God in Damascus synagogues, amazing people who knew of his previous efforts to harm Christians. Though the Jews plotted to kill Saul, he was able to escape Damascus with the help of his disciples. When Saul came to Jerusalem, the disciples were initially afraid of him but Barnabas vouched for Saul's conversion experience. Saul then preached boldly in Jerusalem until the Hellenists also sought to kill him, after which he was taken to Caesarea and sent to Tarsus for his safety. The early church subsequently experienced peace and growth throughout

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4. 19 and taking food, he was
strengthened. For some days he was
with the disciples at Damascus.

5. 20 And immediately he proclaimed
Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is
the Son of God."

6. 21 And all who heard him were amazed
and said, "Is not this the man who made
havoc in Jerusalem of those who called
upon this name? And has he not come
here for this purpose, to bring them
bound before the chief priests?"

7. 22 But Saul increased all the more in
strength, and confounded the Jews who
lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus
was the Christ.

8. 23 When many days had passed, the
Jews plotted to kill him,

9. 24 but their plot became known to Saul.
They were watching the gates day and
night in order to kill him,

10. 25 but his disciples took him by night
and let him down through an opening in
the wall, lowering him in a basket.

11. 26 And when he had come to
Jerusalem, he attempted to join the
disciples. And they were all afraid of him,
for they did not believe that he was a
disciple.

12. 27 But Barnabas took him and brought
him to the apostles and declared to
them how on the road he had seen the
Lord, who spoke to him, and how at
Damascus he had preached boldly in the
name of Jesus.

13. 28 So he went in and out among them
at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the
name of the Lord.

14. 29 And he spoke and disputed against
the Hellenists. But they were seeking to
kill him.

15. 30 And when the brothers learned this,
they brought him down to Caesarea and
sent him off to Tarsus.

16. 31 So the church throughout all Judea
and Galilee and Samaria had peace and
was being built up. And walking in the
fear of the Lord and in the comfort of
the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.

20. He was the equivalent in our
day of a guy who’s sort of
leading a terrorist group that is
out to assault, and incarcerate,
and execute Christians

21. He was that kind of man.
As a result, he put to death the
early church deacon, Stephen.
He oversaw his murder.

22. How about you?
What were you like as a non-
Christian?

24. What do you think about
Jesus?

25. Is he your Lord in charge of
your life?

26. Do you live for him
or listen to him?

30. This means the Anointed One.
Also called the Messiah.

31. This means that God the Holy
Spirit resides on and works
through this person in a
supernatural, miraculous,
inexplicable way, and that there
are people who are anointed.

32. Saul’s view of Jesus has
radically changed because he
would have said previously,
“Blasphemer,” and now he
says, “Lord.”

34. Saul has been converted. He’s
starting to proclaim his
testimony, talking about who
Jesus is and what Jesus has
done in his life.

35. This is time for prayer, talking
to the Lord, listening to the
Lord. This is time for study and
reflection. This is time for
journaling, processing,
considering.

36. This is time for repenting, and
singing, and worshiping, and
spending time with God.

38. Suffering is an opportunity,
though, for us to, number
one, to really learn more
about Jesus.

39. Number two, it allows us to
become more like Jesus.
Thirdly, suffering provides an
opportunity for a witness, to
be a testimony.

41. There is no such thing as a
personal relationship with
Jesus. It also includes the rest
of God’s family, the church.

42. It also says that they
experience the comfort of the
Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit
is how God is present with us,
never leaves us nor forsakes
us.

43. Then it says that the church
multiplied. More people met
Jesus. If you’re here today,
Jesus is seeking you.

44. You’re here for a divine
appointment with him. The
church grew in godliness. It
reflected more the person
and work of Jesus.

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FAITHWORKS CHRISTIAN CHURCH GLOBAL
Presented By:
Pastor Richard Nillo
6:30 PM Evening Service, January 10,2016