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Title: Saul Who?
What this is all about: Salvation
What I want you to know: Salvation is for all people
What I want you to do: Share what Christ has done in your life, to those He has put in your life
How you do it: Practice the 3 Circles method
Series: Acts of Harvest
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Date: March 4, 2018
Pastor Mike Ellis
Introduction:
Today we are continuing our journey through the book of Acts.
We are doing so through the lens of harvest.
The theme of harvest comes from
Up to this point we have learned that the Holy Spirit is instrumental in all aspects of ministry.
If we want to be used in what God has called us to do and be, we must first be devoted to Him alone.
We must prioritize our lives to where He is number 1.
Then and only then we will be able to minister in faith and boldness as we saw last week in our look at Philp and the Eunuch.
Today as we continue we are going to get an up-close look at the salvation of an unlikely individual and see a few of the results because of it.
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- Have you ever looked at someone and their actions, and thought “there is no way that person deserves to be saved?
- I am talking about those evil people that hurt other people
- Those murderers, and abusive people.
- Those who hurt children.
- Can any of you relate?
- Right here in Acts we are reading about such a person.
- This Saul guy was destroying all he could that belonged to church.
- He would arrest people, men, women, and children.
- They would be beaten.
- And some would even be murdered.
- Look back at and then
- These are the kind of people that should be put into prison and the key thrown away, right?
- Let’s see what happens.
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- Alright now we are getting somewhere.
- God’s got him, now right?
- This guy is going to get what he deserves.
- Jesus is questioning him, “why are you persecuting me”?
- Who are you, Saul responds,
- I am Jesus
- Yes, now this guy is going to get it.
- A little sweet revenge
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- Yes, now he’s scared and his little minions are to.
- Did you catch the part about being blind, serves him right?
- He cannot do very much damage if he’s blind, plus he is hungry and thirsty.
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- Alright, Saul is about to be picked up, this is great
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- Wait, what!
Get his sight back, what is happening?
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- Baptized, Holy Spirit, really this guy.
- No way does he deserve any of that, this guy is a monster.
- When I was baby Christian I would think like that.
- On a serious note.
1. Salvation is for all people
a. Salvation is only for those who need it.
- So, who needs salvation?
- According to Scripture we all do
- says
- This idea of being needy, I find it to be interesting.
- We can look out and see people who appear to be needy.
- They may need a job, or a home, or a meal or something else,
- But when it comes to what is important meaning God and salvation we often struggle to see it or maybe just refuse to see it.
- What is that you see?
- Early on in my salvation when I was just a baby Christian, I struggled with this.
- It was hard to look out and see those who were truly in need.
- Surly the elderly couple next door, knew about Jesus, right?
I don’t need to speak to them.
- Or what about the neighbor with the great house and all of the great stuff, they surely know about Jesus as well, right?
- It was difficult to determine need, but
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This is how we find Saul in
- We find a man who is in great need of salvation
- But it is hard to see beyond his actions
- This man is going to great lengths to stop the growth of the church, including arrest, physical punishment, and even murder.
- As far as he was concerned, not one of these people deserved salvation, after all salvation was only found through the grace of God which was given only to those who followed the law precisely.
2. Responding to the Lord
a. How we respond to the Lord is directly related to our obedience to the Lord.
- Looking back at verse 10 we find Ananias responding “Here I am Lord”
- And then in verse 17 going and fulfilling the commands of laying his hands on him and baptizing him.
- Even when we think that things may be a bad idea we still need to follow the commands of the Lord.
- That is how we know that we are truly serving Him
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- Saul Responds with immediate witness
-We should respond with immediate witness
3. Past sins
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- We will suffer the consequences of our mistakes, past, present and future.
- This Saul guy is also known as the apostle Paul
Conclusion:
- Who has God put in your life that is in need of salvation?
- How are you going to respond?
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