Introduction
- Acts 7:58 – First mention of Paul.
- Acts 8:1-3 – Paul persecutes Christians.
- Acts 9:1-6, 9, 11 – Jesus appears to Paul on the road to Damascus.
- Acts 9:18-22 – Paul was converted and began teaching Christ.
Paul confessed his sins completely.
Paul learned how to truly love people.
- The old Paul:
- Acts 26:10-11 – Paul was violent against Christians!
- The new Paul:
- II Corinthians 7:3; 12:15; Philippians 1:8 – He helped and encouraged them to repent like he did.
- I Corinthians 9:19, 22; 8:9, 13
- It must have been difficult for Paul to love those who were less zealous in their beliefs than he was, yet he did that with the Corinthians.
- I Corinthians 9:20
- Philippians 3:5-6
- Acts 26:15-18 – Paul was a Pharisee sent to the Gentiles.
- Galatians 3:28
- Ephesians 3:1, 6
Paul defended every inch of God’s truth.
- Acts 15
- Acts 26:25
- Don’t overreact to error and swing too far the other way!
- Psalms 119:1-2