ACTS: The Church In Action
radical transformation
Chapter Nine

INTRODUCTION: In the Book of Acts we encounter the power of the gospel radically transforming individuals and even whole cities.  The fearful have been made bold.  The skeptic has become faith-filled.  The drunkard has become a family man and those once demonized have become Spirit-filled. In chapter nine we will encounter Saul praying to God instead of preying on the church due to a power encounter with the living Christ.



dedication to jesus christ (9:1-4)
  1. Confronted with the Truth (9:1-4)
  2. Convicted by personal sinfulness (9:4)
  3. Converted from the old to the new (9:5)
  4. Consecrated to do the will of God (9:6-9) 
desperate intercession (9:10-12)
  1. Facing that desperate need (9:5) 
  2. Falling upon the grace and mercy of God (9:8-19)
  3. Fervent fasting and intercession (9:9, 17-19)
  4. Fighting and wrestling with self, Satan, and God (9:10-19)

before saul was made a saint, he fully saw that he was a sinner.


devotion to ministry (9:13-19)
  1. Willingness to listen and obey the voice of God (9:10-14)
  2. Willing to risk for the gospel sake (9:13-14)
deep filling of the holy spirit (9:17)

discipled by disciples (9:18-19)

declaring the faith (9:20-22)
  1. Balancing between knowing God and working for God (9:5; 22:10)
  2. Balancing between spiritual and secular knowledge (9:20-22)
  3. Baffling the critics (9:22) 
dying yet living (9:23-31)
  1. Suffering the suspicions of the early church (9:26)
  2. Suffering the hatred of the old order (9:29)