One of the most startling stories of conversion and transformation in the entire Bible is the account in Acts 9 of how a murderer named Saul became a missionary known as Paul. What happened to turn this violent man inside out and upside down? What does it tell us about Jesus Christ that He can bring about that kind of transformation in such a darkened heart? What hope of grace does it give us for our own forgiveness or that of another person we care about? Join Pastor Jim for this study of God’s amazing grace at work!
Sermon Notes
1. Saul reminds us that no one is beyond the reach of God’s amazing grace
“Electing love has selected some of the worst to be made the best. Redeeming love has bought, especially bought, many of the worst to be the reward of the Savior’s passion.”
C. H. Spurgeon
The Sinner’s Friend
2. Jesus reminds us of the gracious role of Divine initiative
“God isn’t fair: if he were fair, we’d all be in the soup. God is good: crazy, stark-staring-bonkers good.”
Robert F. Capon
3. Ananias reminds us that serving the Lord will seem risky at times
“Our faith is not really tested until God asks us to bear what seems unbearable, do what seems unreasonable, and expect what seems impossible.”
Warren Wiersbe
Be Obedient
4. Paul reminds us that growing in grace is more like a marathon than a sprint
“In the Book of Acts faith was for each believer a beginning, not an end; it was a journey, not a bed in which to lie while waiting for the day of our Lord’s triumph. Believing was not a once-done act; it was more than an act, it was an attitude of heart and mind which inspired and enabled the believer to take up his cross and follow the Lamb whithersoever He went.”
A. W. Tozer
“The question is not ‘What kind of a God does that?’ but rather ‘What kind of a person does not bow down to a God who can do that?’”
Karen Swallow
Prior Booked