The Growth and Expansion of the Church in Judea and Samaria: Conversion of Saul of Tarsus

The Point of Saul’s Conversion Experience?

 III.The Growth and Expansion of the Church in Judea and Samaria (8:4-12:25)

A.The Missionary Work of Philip (8:4-40)

B.The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus (9:1-31)

1.His Conversion (9:1-19a)

a.The Context: Paul’s Request (9:1-2)

b.The Confrontation: An Encounter with Christ (9:3-9)

1)The Confrontation by Christ (9:3-6)

a)The Time and Place of the Confrontation (9:3a-b)

●Map #1

b)The Nature of the Confrontation (9:3c-4a)

c)The Confrontation Itself (9:4b-6)

(1)Saul’s Behavior Exposed (9:4b)

●persecutingto pursue after, to follow; to flee; to harass

(2)Saul’s Ignorance Informed (9:5)

(3)Saul’s Compliance Demanded (9:6)

2)The Aftermath of the Confrontation (9:7-9)

a)Its Public and Private Nature (9:7)

b)Its Debilitating Nature (9:8)

c)Its Unsettling Nature (9:9)