Sermon Tone Analysis

Acts 9:23-25

I. Same old plan

The enemies of the Gospel did a lot of plotting against the message of salvation.

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Here we go again...

When will men realize that their plots are made known by God.

His wisdom far outreaches that of man.

Matthew 26:4

acts 9:

Remember how they desired to do the same to Jesus...

Matthew 26

Jn 11:51-53

II.

Enemies to Allies

The disciples made the transition that many Jews could not.

The disciples became Allies to the Gospel no longer at enmity with Saul.

Acts 9

Already Saul has won over followers note “his disciples”.

Those who were discovering the Church were at one time opposed to it like Paul.

We were once against the Gospel because of the way we use to think, just like Paul.

We were once enemies to God because of our friendship with the world.

Even though we are religious we are still at enmity with God, just like Paul.

Naturally we are enemies of God and must be born again having that nature changed.

If we remain in this natural state we cannot accept the things of God.

The enemies of God are natural, the allies of God are spiritual.

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A lot of us try to straddle the fence.

We try being both natural and spiritual.

That is a war going on where you must chose a side.

III.

Another Basket Deliverance

What other popular Bible character was saved using a basket?

Moses

I like the use of the basket here because of what it symbolizes.

It symbolizes an ark...

ARK, ärk, OF BULRUSHES, bŏŏlʹrush-iz (תֵּבָה, tēbhāh; Egyp tĕbt; LXX θῖβις, thī́bis, “a chest,” “a vessel to float”): The Heb word here trd “ark” is used in the OT only of the ark of Noah (Gen 6:14 ff) and of the ark of bulrushes (Ex 2:3), and always in the secondary meaning, a vessel to float.

For the world it was kept safe from the judgement of God in an ark.

Moses was kept safe in an ark.

Paul was kept safe in an ark as we read in Acts 9:25.

Kyle, M. G. (1915).

Ark, of Bulrushes.

In J. Orr, J. L. Nuelsen, E. Y. Mullins, & M. O.

Evans (Eds.),

The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia (Vol.

1–5, p. 242).

Chicago: The Howard-Severance Company.pen

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This would happen again to Saul/ Paul in ...

We are kept safe in an ark, the Church of Christ.

Where the Ekklesia/Church of God are kept safe until He returns again.

We are kept safe in an ark, the Church of Christ.

Where the ekklesia of God are kept sage until He returns again.

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