A Page Turned Acts 8:1-5
I Persecution and its Advocates v.1
A. The Young Man Saul v.1
B. Persecution and Great Persecution v.1
C. The Apostolic Exception v.1
II The Two World Views v. 2
A Belief and Behavior
B.Joy and the Legitimacy of Mourning
III The Details of the Persecution v.3
IV The Consequences of the Persecution vv.4-5
A. A Vocation for the Persecuted v.4
B. Philip and Stephen v.5
C. Philip and Saul v. 5
V Lessons for Us
A Here we have a window onto the ways of God
1. God's Purpose
2. God's Plan
3. Our Expectation
B Here we have an example of sovereignty overruling policy