Title: God's Plan and Saul's Conversion (2014.8.10)
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Date: 2014.8.10
Word: Acts 9:10-19
Title: God's Plan and Saul's Conversion
God's Salvation Plan
God is the God who always predestined and fulfilled the salvation of the nation, family, and individual before the foundation of the world. Verse 15 says that he chose Saul of the tribe of Benjamin as a vessel to preach the gospel to.
He says that he planned my name to Gentiles, kings, and Jews....and even the sufferings of Paul to establish the church. In the latter days, the Apostle Paul believed and gave thanks for the suffering he suffered while preaching the gospel because it was God's plan.
* First, God's plan is that he chose Saul the persecutor as a vessel to preach the gospel to Gentiles, kings, and Jews.
* Second, God's plan was to establish God's churches in Macedonia and lay the foundation for the gospel.
* The third plan of God is God who plans and intervenes even in Saul's suffering.
Saul's Conversion
Saul's conversion is a dramatic work of the Holy Spirit.
A person's true conversion in the history of the church has a great impact on the nation, nation, family, and society.
One person's right conversion saves the country, saves society, and leads the family to the family of salvation. Saul, who raided Damascus to destroy the church, experiences a remarkable conversion. And he became the cornerstone of the church.
The working of the Holy Spirit was inevitable in all these plans.
God is introducing the workings of the Holy Spirit even when the Holy Spirit comes upon you...
In other words, there can be no conversion and no revival without the working of the Holy Spirit. At the center of all this history is the work of our Lord God, the Holy Spirit.
In the workings of God, it is the Holy Spirit who raises up helpers.
* In Saul's gospel ministry, God prepared numerous male and female servants for each and every day.
* For whatever reason, God sent Ananias, a man of the Holy Spirit, to Damascus. The laying on of hands of Ananias' life-dedicated devotion establishes Saul as a worker filled with the Holy Spirit. Saul, who was rough and vicious, has already turned into a gentle and gentle man of God. I wept and wept endlessly and received God's grace through fervent repentance.
* We have prepared a warm-hearted caring person like Barnabas.
Barnabas gave up his position and ignited the great work of the Holy Spirit and the fire of the gospel with his dedication to raising Saul. When the disciples were also reluctant to meet Saul, Barnabas bravely stepped forward and took Paul to the disciples and introduced them, showing true conversion. (26-27)
All the work of salvation today is the work of God's plan.
All protagonists are the work of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
And give us the power of the Holy Spirit as the protagonist of that history
He works through me, through us, through our family and country.