THE BEGINNING OF PAUL’S MINISTRYActs 9:22-31I. Saul’s Progress (vv. 22-24)A. He Confounds Unbelief (v. 22)B. He Confirms Truth (v. 22)C. He Becomes a Target (vv. 23-24, 29)II. The Occasional Necessity of Strategic Retreat (vv. 25, 30)III. Fear and the Power of One (vv. 26-27)IV. The Courage of Boldness (vv. 27-29)A. The Definition of Boldness 1. What It is Not a. Bad Manners b. Insensitivity c. Disrespect d. Obnoxiousness 2. What It Is a. The Faithful Proclamation of an Unwelcome Truth b. The Right Expression of a Real Priority c. The Apt Response to a Spiritual Emergency d. Gracious Insistence in Spite of Ungracious ResistanceCourage is the name of every virtue at the testing point. – C.S. LewisI will not praise a cloistered or a fugitive virtue. – John Milton B. The Demonstration of BoldnessV. The Age that was Golden (v. 31) A. Peace B. Edification C. Advance and Reverence D. The Spirit’s Consolation E. The Steady IncreaseVI. Specific Application