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.

  • I Corinthians 15:8
  • I John 1:10
  • I Timothy 1:12-16

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