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II. BEGINNING OF SAUL'S MINISTRY, 9:1-31
1. The language in 9:1 shows what concerning Saul? The passionateness
with which he terrified the Christians by threats and hurried them to
their death.
2. Saul seeks what in 9:1-2? - An authorization from the Jewish leaders
to arrest any believers and bring them bound before the ecclesiastical
tribunal in Jerusalem.
3. What happened to Saul in:
(1) 9:3-5? He was himself arrested on his way to Damascus by a
heavenly light and the voice of the Lord.
(2) 9:6? He was brought into surrender, trembling and astonished, to
the very Lord whom he persecuted.
(3) 9:8,9? He became himself a prisoner, blinded and led away in
helplessness and humiliation.
4. The Lord does what in 9:4? He identifies himself with his people and
regards things done to them as done to himself, Matt. 25:34-45;
10:40.
5. Observe the Lord's remarkable working in 9:10-17:
(1) Saul received a vision concerning his deliverance by the
instrumentality of Ananias.
(2) Ananias received a vision about the nature of the vision Saul
received.
(3) God helps Ananias to overcome his fears by means of a gracious
explanation.
6. Comment on:
(1) 9:17-22 - The Lord's personal appearance to Saul brought about a
revolutionary transformation of Saul that was impossible to
attribute to anything but a supernatural cause.
(2) 9:23-30 - The former persecutor now has become the persecuted
himself and for the same reasons and with the same zeal as he had
persecuted others.
(3) 9:31 - The fact that the churches had rest for the present shows
that Saul was the driving spirit behind the persecutions.
7. Contrast 9:25 with 5:19: In the one instance God grants deliverance by
natural agencies and humble means; in the other he grants deliverance
by employing a supernatural agency and supernatural means.