THE CONVERSION OF PAUL
Part 3
Acts 9:1-16
CHRIST THE SAVIOR
I. The Sovereign Mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 9:1-6)
A. The Suffering of God’s Friends (vv. 1-2)
B. The Mercy to God’s Enemies (vv. 3-6)
II. The Question Jesus Asks (v. 4)
III. The Miracle Jesus Works (v. 8)
A. The Lesson of the Anti-Miracles (Mark 11:13-14, 20; Acts 9:8)
B. Blindness as a Spiritual Reality (John 9:39-41)
IV. The Community Jesus Employs (Acts 9:10-16)
A. Christ Alone Will Save Saul of Tarsus,
But Christ Will Not Train Saul of Tarsus Alone
B. Ananias the Brave (vv. 10-16)
1. The Choice of Ananias (v. 10)
2. The Availability of Ananias (v. 10)
3. Our Compulsion to Instruct the Lord (vv. 13-14)
4. Ananias’ Willingness to be Overruled (v. 15)
V. The Bases for Growth in the Christian Life
A. A Willingness to Admit We Have been Wrong (v. 6)
B. A Willingness to Apply to Jesus (v. 6)
C. A Willingness to Be Led by Others (v. 8)
D. Self Denial (v. 9)
E. Prayer (v. 11)
F. A Willingness to Suffer (v. 16)