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Vacation Bible School. The Gospel Changes Us. ConverTED. The Gospel Changes Us. Converted. Conscientious – Acts 26:9-11; 22:3; 23:1; Gal. 1:13 Before his conversion he was zealous toward God – 22:3 Thought he must work against Jesus – Acts 26:9-11
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The Gospel Changes Us ConverTED
The Gospel Changes Us Converted • Conscientious – Acts 26:9-11; 22:3; 23:1; Gal. 1:13 • Before his conversion he was zealous toward God – 22:3 • Thought he must work against Jesus – Acts 26:9-11 • He persecuted the church & tried to destroy it – Gal. 1:13 • Did all this in all good conscience before God – Acts 23:1
The Gospel Changes Us Converted • Conscientious – Acts 26:9-11; 22:3; 23:1; Gal. 1:13 • Confronted – Acts 9:3-6; 26:15-18; 22:10 • Confronted by Jesus, in Whom he had not believed – Acts 9:3-6; cf. 2 Tim. 1:12 • Confronted with heavenly instructions & a new plan – Acts 22:10; cf. 26:15-18
The Gospel Changes Us Converted • Conscientious – Acts 26:9-11; 22:3; 23:1; Gal. 1:13 • Confronted – Acts 9:3-6; 26:15-18; 22:10 • Conflicted – Acts 9:8-9, 11, 17; 22:14-15 • He had been blinded – Acts 9:8, 17 • He fasted & prayed for three days – Acts 9:9, 11 • The Lord Jesus had appeared to him & sent a preacher to him – Acts 9:17 • The preacher told him that God had chosen him to be a witness of Jesus Christ – Acts 22:14-15
The Gospel Changes Us Converted • Conscientious – Acts 26:9-11; 22:3; 23:1; Gal. 1:13 • Confronted – Acts 9:3-6; 26:15-18; 22:10 • Conflicted – Acts 9:8-9, 11, 17; 22:14-15 • Changed – Acts 26:7, 19; 9:20-21; 1 Tim. 1:13-16 • He was not disobedient to the heavenly vision – 26:19 • He realized he had been wrong (look at past tense 26:7) • Others saw an obvious change in him – 9:20-21; Gal. 1:23 • Paul said, “I was formerly…” – 1 Tim. 1:13 • The chief of sinners changed course that he might be used by God – 1 Tim. 1:15-16
The Gospel Changes Us Converted • Conscientious – Acts 26:9-11; 22:3; 23:1; Gal. 1:13 • Confronted – Acts 9:3-6; 26:15-18; 22:10 • Conflicted – Acts 9:8-9, 11, 17; 22:14-15 • Changed – Acts 26:7, 19; 9:20-21; 1 Tim. 1:13-16 • Called – Acts 22:16, 10; Acts 9:6, 18; Rom. 10:13 • The Lord told Saul to go into the city • “And you will be told what you must do” – Acts 9:6 • “Told all things which are appointed for you to do” – Acts 22:10 • In the city, Saul did what he was told he must do • “Arise, and be baptized…calling on the name of the Lord” – 22:16 • “Immediately…he arose and was baptized” – Acts 9:18 • One calls on the Lord in baptism – Acts 2:21+38; Rom. 10:13
The Gospel Changes Us Converted • Conscientious – Acts 26:9-11; 22:3; 23:1; Gal. 1:13 • Confronted – Acts 9:3-6; 26:15-18; 22:10 • Conflicted – Acts 9:8-9, 11, 17; 22:14-15 • Changed – Acts 26:7, 19; 9:20-21; 1 Tim. 1:13-16 • Called – Acts 22:16, 10; Acts 9:6, 18; Rom. 10:13 • Cleansed – Acts 22:16; 1 Pet. 3:21; Rev. 1:5; Tit. 3:5 • When he was baptized, the blood of Jesus cleansed him (washed him) from his sins – Acts 22:16; Rev. 1:5 • The cleansing/washing does not take place until one is baptized – 1 Pet. 3:21; Rom. 6:3-4; Heb. 9:15; Titus 3:5
The Gospel Changes Us Converted • Conscientious – Acts 26:9-11; 22:3; 23:1; Gal. 1:13 • Confronted – Acts 9:3-6; 26:15-18; 22:10 • Conflicted – Acts 9:8-9, 11, 17; 22:14-15 • Changed – Acts 26:7, 19; 9:20-21; 1 Tim. 1:13-16 • Called – Acts 22:16, 10; Acts 9:6, 18; Rom. 10:13 • Cleansed – Acts 22:16; 1 Pet. 3:21; Rev. 1:5; Tit. 3:5 • Created-anew – 2 Cor. 5:17 • “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” – 2 Corinthians 5:17 • Paul understood this all-too-well! He was truly CONVERTED!
