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as we work our way through the book of Acts our goal is to learn what an authentic church is replicate it here at EFBC
teaches us that every local church is in a battle to stay doctrinally faithful, morally pure and faithful to its task
within 60 years of Christ’s death and resurrection we find 5 of the seven rebuked for various degrees of unfaithfulness and 2 who are being exhorted to remain faithful in midst of fierce persecution
we also learn from that faithful churches are the result of faithful pastors/elders who faithfully preach the Word, shepherd the flock and go after sin
our studies in the book of Acts have brought us to 3 persons who professed faith in Christ
one was a false Christian
Simon the magician - a false Christian
believed, baptized, continued but not saved
a high view of self, a wrong understanding of salvation, a defective view of the Spirit, a deficient understanding of sin
the 2nd was a true Christian
Ethiopian eunuch - a true Christian
God’s sovereignty in salvation, an available servant, a searching heart and mind, a prepared witness, a right response
the 3rd, the Apostle Paul
the rampaging enemy of the church stopped cold in his tracks
compare this passage w 22:6-11 & 26:12-18, both testimonies of this event
Paul’s descriptions of himself as a Christian:
- wretched man that I am
- of the flesh, sold under sin
- abnormally born
- I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle
- by the grace of God I am what I am
- I am nothing
- the least of all the saints
- the foremost of sinners
since this is what Paul was as a sinner, saved by grace, imagine what he must have been before!!
the message this morning is really quite amazing!
it will speak loudly to any who believe they are too sinful, too evil, too wicked to be saved
if Jesus can save Saul he can save you
it is also a message of hope concerning those who are most opposed to the Gospel of Christ
The Man, Saul
Saul - Hebrew - “asked for, inquired of God”
Israel “asked for”, demanded of God a king
Saul too was from the tribe of Benjamin - perhaps he was named after king Saul?
Gentile world was
Paul - Roman - small, humble
Paul - Roman - small, humble
physical appearance:
very little info in the NT
extra-biblical sources:
short - under 5’ tall
bald, bow-legged, uni-brow, hook nose
certainly not physically imposing!
God loves to empower those whom the world considers weak and despised so that he gets all the glory
not called Paul until after when he was at Cyprus during his first missionary journey
from then on called Paul by Luke
remember Paul’s desire to be all things to all people:
Saul: a Jew to the Jews
Paul: a Gentile to the Gentiles (; )
a Jew by birth and inherited Roman citizenship (Acts 22:28)
born in Tarsus in Cilicia and raised in Jerusalem (Acts 22:3)
from a family strictly devoted to the Law of Moses (Acts 22:3)
the son of Pharisees and a Pharisee himself (; Php 3:5)
studied under the most famous rabbi, Gamaliel ()
he was so zealous for his traditions he persecuted Jewish believers whom he believed to be law breakers -
from the tribe of Benjamin - perhaps named after king Saul?
a tent maker by trade ()
describes self as a Hebrew of the Hebrews and a Pharisee ()
a tent maker by trade ()
physical appearance:
very little in the NT
extra-biblical texts:
short - under 5’ tall
bald, bow-legged, uni-brow, hook nose
certainly not physically imposing!
the Way
the disciples would not be called Christians until 11:26
was considered by the Jews a sect of Judaism (24:14)
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