1. Acts 9:1–19 (ESV)
  2. Application

Revelation of God the Father

Acts 9:1–19 (ESV)

1 But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

  • God sees; he knows what Saul sought to do to Christians in Damascus

  • God is sovereign. Saul is arrested by Jesus Christ on the way to Damascus.

  • God seeks to include Gentiles in his church; Saul will go and preach to them.

  • God is powerful. The Lord blinds Saul and works his healing through Ananias.

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