Acts 9:1-22 - A handout

If you are coming to Bodle Street or Warbleton churches on Sunday, you may wish to look away now. It might go something like this:

A case of mistaken identity

and a dramatic transformation

The Conversion and Call of Saul of Tarsus

Acts 9:1-22 (p1102)

(1) Meet Saul the Persecutor! (7:58; 8:1-3; 9:1-2)

(2) Saul meets Jesus the Risen Lord! (vv3-6)

A case of mistaken identity!

Jesus identifies with his people: to persecute them is to persecute him (vv4-6)

Lord (vv5, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17)

“Jesus is the Son of God” (v20)

“Jesus is the Christ” (v22)

Jesus is powerful and in control (e.g. vv11-12)

Jesus has mercy on his enemies

Saul is transformed from persecutor to preacher (vv20-22)

… and from persecutor to persecuted (v16, v23)

Jesus uses even very unlikely people to join his mission

Have you met Jesus as your Risen Lord in the Scriptures?

Have you understood that Jesus is the Son of God, the Christ?

His power and control? His mercy?

Might Jesus change and use you, and other unlikely people, in his mission?

Are you willing to speak and suffer for him?