THE CONVERSION OF SAUL OF TARSUS Acts 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have read, how, years ago, an outstanding infidel felt that if the Resurrection of Christ, and the Conversion of Saul could be demonstrated to be false, no more than a hoax then, the foundation stones of Christianity would be destroy... [ Continue Reading ]
SAUL'S CONVERSION: A PATTERN AND A PROPHECY 1 Timothy 1:15; _with Acts 9:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We marvel, therefore, that what God wrought in Saul's conversion on the Damascus road is as vital a part of prophecy, as what He wrote by Paul in the Epistles. As we enter upon this message we ask your... [ Continue Reading ]
THREE GREAT QUESTIONS Acts 9:4 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Saul of Tarsus was stricken down to the ground by a great light, he heard a voice saying, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?" Saul had thought that he was fighting for, and not against, God. He had his misgivings as we taught in our last... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BENEFICENCE OF BLINDNESS Acts 9:8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We now come to a most interesting study. In our last message we saw Saul, the persecutor, stricken down by a great light from Heaven. When he arose and opened his eyes, he saw no man. We wish now to set before you the meaning of Saul's thre... [ Continue Reading ]
ANANIAS, SERVANT OF GOD Acts 9:10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God links Himself with man in the performance of His Word and work. "We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us." What could be more blessed than this Heavenly partnership. The First Epistle to the Corinthians begins with... [ Continue Reading ]
SAUL SAVED TO SERVE Acts 9:18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Following his baptism Saul received meat for his famished body, and was strengthened. Then Saul entered into a new comradeship with believers; a comradeship that never was broken during a long and eventful ministry. Our text reads, "Then was Saul c... [ Continue Reading ]
AMONG THE CHURCHES Acts 9:31 INTRODUCTORY WORDS For the while we turn from Saul and the record of his ministry, and we return to the early Church and her dominant figure, Peter. We ask your attention first of all to the reading of Acts 9:31 : "Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and... [ Continue Reading ]