The sun bore down on Saul and his group, it was around midday. Saul planned to enter Damascus that day and bring back the “blasphemous disciples” in chains. He had the backing of the Jewish hierarchy, it would surely be a worthwhile trip. Suddenly, a bright light shone upon Saul and he heard the voice of Jesus speak to him. At this moment, Saul’s life was forever altered as the Messiah called him by name. Saul’s call was beyond any mere conversion experience or commission into ministry; instead it
SAUL’S CONVERSION (Acts 9:1-30; Acts 26:1-32) Damascus may be the oldest continuously occupied city in the world. It is mentioned first in Genesis 14:15 and Genesis 15:2. Also, Abanah and Pharpar, the two rivers that Naaman said contained better water than the Jordan, are near Damascus. (II Kings 5:12) When and by what means Christianity had its beginning in Damascus is not known. But there must have been a good size church there for Saul to think it worthwhile to travel about one hundred fifty
lord said, it was He who Saul had been persecuting. At this point Saul had been blinded and the Lord told him to continue to the Damascus and he would be given further instructions when he arrived. The men traveling with Saul stood speechless hearing a voice, but identifying physically who it was. Saul continued to lead his people into Damascus. The lord spoke to Ananias and told him to lay his hands on Saul so he could receive his sight and be baptized. This when the conversion of Saul took place
Q.1 Today I will be talking a bit about myself. I am St Paul and is here today to tell you about the Australian Catholic Youth Festival. The Australian Catholic Youth Festival well known as the (ACYF) is basically a national gathering of many young beautiful Catholic people. It basically provides young people with opportunities to get their relationship with Jesus a lot deeper and teach them a lot more than they already know about him. Q2. Many people ask why i even converted to christianity
of the first king of Israel, the biblical King Saul (Philippians 3:5). Saul was born to a Jewish family in a port city of Tarsus. The change of name from Saul to Paul is a debated topic; some believe that Saul changed his name while on the road to Damascus while others believe he has always been named Paul. According to Luke in Acts 13:9, the names Saul and Paul were transposable. Luke writes in Acts “Saul, who also is called Paul…” (Acts 13:9) Saul had always been named Paul, even before his conversion
Conversion This chapter looks at the 3 different accounts of Paul’s Conversion. They are all different. Paul could not get his story straight. These Topics are Covered • Paul’s ‘Conversion’ was Different on All 3 Accounts He Gave • Paul Was to Meet Ananias. Who Was He? • Scales like Snake Scales • Only One witness • Yahshua Warned About Meeting Someone in Private in a Desert Saying They Were Him 6.1 Paul’s Conversion 1st Account is in Acts 9:3-1 2nd Account is in Acts 22:6-13 3rd Account is in
he needed to do to be saved and Paul told him to: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 16:30). Then there was the time our Lord confronted Saul as he was about to enter the city of Damascus. Saul spent the next three days in darkness (Acts 9:9), thinking and praying about his condition. Then, when Ananias came to him he told Saul to “arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins.” (Acts 22:16) Three different men and three different answers; therefore, I can see how that would be confusing
Paul, formerly a persecutor of Christians, was on the road to Damascus when suddenly God spoke to him. “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” (Acts 9:4) God asked. Paul was then blinded and led by his friends to Damascus, where a disciple named Ananias was waiting for him. Ananias cured Paul’s blindness and baptized him. From then on, Paul was devoted to spreading the Good News all over the world. Having returned to Damascus, he stayed there for a little while, preaching that Jesus is the
of the tribe of Benjamin, speaking the Aramaic and Hebrew tongues from infancy. He was an enthusiastic student and a stringent devotee of the Torah. He was the man that later had a peculiar meeting with the Lord Jesus Christ while on the road to Damascus. His life and duty were considerably altered and in turn eventually changed the course of the development of Western Civilization and culture. There is a lot that has been said about the missionary trips of this distinguished servant of Christ which
brighter than the noonday sun suddenly engulfed him. A voice inquired; “Saul, Saul, why do you continue to persecute me?” Saul responded: “who are you lord?” The voice was identified as Jesus of Nazareth! The stunned persecutor was instructed to enter Damascus where he would be informed as to what he “must do.” Blinded as a consequence of this miraculous vision in which Christ actually appeared to him (acts 9:17; I Corinthians 15:8), Saul was led into the
necessities to be followed (H 301). In addition to being a Pharisee... ... middle of paper ... ...rdance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures”. On the road to Damascus, Paul received a calling to become “an instrument whom [YHWH] chose to bring my name before Gentiles [ethne or “nations”] and kings and before the people of Israel” (Acts 9:15). The Ioudaioi or Judeans would be considered as part of the people of
Jesus spread his philosophy through the Middle East and left an ever-lasting impact on the world. Jesus’s last documented conversations in the Bible was with Paul, while he was traveling on the road to Damascus and then he instructed Ananias of Damascus to heal Paul when he arrived in Damascus. He then he reveled to John a revelation. The second biggest philosopher to spread the philosophy of Christianity was Saul of Tarsus, better known as Paul the Apostle. Fourteen of the twenty-seven books of
Various theologians argue whether Saul was called or converted on the road to Damascus. This essay enters the call/converted dialogue and suspects Saul’s transforming and illuminating experience on the road to Damascus stripped Saul down to his fundamental identity. Examining Saul’s experience found in Acts 9, specifically verses 8-9 and 18a, reveals that Saul went physically blind(9:8) then as his sight was restored scales fell from his eyes(9:18). First, a historical understanding of blindness
persecuting Jesus. He used to breathe threats and murder against the disciples of Jesus. However, Saul became blind and couldn’t eat and drink for three days since Jesus had appeared when he was on the way to Damascus. After he arrived Damascus, Saul stay at Judas’s home and keep praying. Jesus ask Ananias to go to Saul and through prayer restore his sight, because Saul was chosen for a purpose. Saul baptized and become a believer eventually. Throughout
and talked to him. When he was on his way to Damascus, Paul said that Jesus appeared in front of him. He fell down on earth with much respect to Jesus. Saint Paul said that he heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting my people?” Paul replied by asking whose voice was talking to him. The voice said that it was the resurrected Jesus Christ. After the conversation, Saul was blinded for three days which faced him to be taken to Damascus by hand. During the three days, Paul did not
right to preach, they answer that it is in the name of Jesus Christ that all their work is based upon. Seeing that Peter and John are being praised for what they had done, they are released because no form of punishment can be found. Chapter 5 Ananias and Sapphira lie to Peter and to God ... ... middle of paper ... ...voyage with him will be safe and saved. Upon reaching land, the ship ran aground and begins to collapse. The prisoners are ordered to swim to the shore or gather debris to stay
“Baptism; a ceremonial immersion in water, or application of water, as an initiatory rite or sacrament of the Christian church.”( Geoffrey W. Bromiley , pg 58). Throughout history the debate of whether baptism is crucial for your salvation has been a hot topic among churches of all denominations. In order to find the truth, we must look to God’s word and testimonies of baptisms in Acts, comparing and contrasting through the steps of faith, and investigate how the church views and participates in
Before his conversion Paul, name was Saul. Before he converted he heard a voice asking him “why do you persecute me?”, he was blinded for three days where he did not eat or drink either. He went into Damascus where he told that he was chosen to spread the gospel by a guy name Ananias. Ananias was instructed by God to tell Saul this. Afterwards Saul sight was restored and was fill with Holy
To understand Christianity, it is necessary to understand who Saul was and what his career on earth consisted of. Aside from Jesus Christ, Saul has been the most important figure in the history of religion, and has influenced every believer to this day. His career was more a calling, or was considered to be more of a life style because it was his passion and it was what he loved doing. Jesus was not the founder of Christianity as we know it today. Most of the New Testament doesn't even concern the
As we first meet Joses, in the book of Acts, we learn much about his person. Joses, who we are told was surnamed Barnabas by the Apostles, must have spent a considerable amount of time with them, considering he had received a surname from them. Certainly, even in the free for all social climates that we have in society today, one would not deliberately call someone Fred when his given name was Lawrence unless their be great affection among these acquaintances. Most likely, because Barnabas was a