Friendship Community Baptist Church

Saul’s Conversion
Acts 9:1-22

Main Point
Full conversion to following Jesus includes seven components

Paul’s Conversion (Acts 9)
Element
Scriptural support
Belief (5, 22) “who are you, Lord?…proving Jesus”
Intellectual: thinking/mental
“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ…be saved” Acts 16:31
Repentance (1, 11, 21) “he is praying”
Repentance: penitential
“Repent…in the name of Jesus…forgiveness” Acts 2:38
Assurance (15-16) “I will show him he must suffer”
Faith/assurance: emotional/heart
“you have been saved through faith” Eph 2:8
Holy Spirit (17-18) “filled with Holy Spirit”
Holy Spirit: charismatic
“your salvation…sealed with …Holy Spirit” Eph 1:13
Baptized (18) “rose and was baptized”
Baptism: ritual
“be baptized in the name of Jesus…forgiveness” Acts 2:38
Incorporated (19) “with the disciples”
Incorporation: corporate/body
“Lord added to their number…those who were being saved” Acts 2:47
Confessed Jesus (20) “proclaimed Jesus”
Commitment: volitional/will
“deny Himself, take up his cross…follow Me” Luk 9:23

Application
God will save whom He wants!
God invites us to participate in salvation
It may not be what we had in mind
Paul’s conversion demonstrates the aspects of a full conversion
Belief (intellectual)
Repentance (penitential)
Assurance/faith/trust (emotional)
Commitment (volitional)
Holy Spirit (charismatic)
Baptism (ritual)
Assimilation (corporate)

Response
Is God calling you to witness in a scary situation?
What aspects of a full conversion are present in your life?
What aspects of a full conversion do you lack?
What do you see/not see in those God has placed before you?