All In (part 1)
Join Pastor Tim as we continue our "Be Salty" series and learn about Saul before he came to Christ.
Here are a few key points:
• Salt – enhances flavors, changes things; adds to (INFLUENCES); It’s effective.
• Influence is the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of something or someone or to effect itself. • So….to influence is to be effective! To be salt is to be effective!
• Who Was Saul of Tarsus?
- Was born in Tarsus.
- Well-educated Roman citizen.
- Moved to Jerusalem and studied religion under Gamaliel.
- Was a jealous man of Jewish faith.
• What drove him?
- Saul of Tarsus hated the name of Jesus Christ.
• Saul’s mission - stop the growing church and the preaching of Jesus but God had other plans for Saul. On his way to imprison/persecute these Christians, Saul encountered Jesus!
• You cannot understand Christianity without coming to grips with the truth of REAL conversion (NOT A NAME CHANGE).
1. Conversion is a pure miracle that depends on God alone.
• God takes responsibility for our salvation.
2. The worst sinners often make the best saints.
• But not every sinner comes to Christ.
3. No one is beyond the reach of God’s grace.
• If God can save a man like Saul, he can save anyone.
• Your life can be radically changed by God!!!
• Conversion is a miracle that happens when the life of God intersects with human personality. Being good/religious is the not the same - but you have not been converted.
• Conversion = conviction that long-held prejudices can be overcome, lifetime habits can be broken, and deeply ingrained patterns of sin can experience freedom/healing for good!
• Conversion is the certainty that what you were does not determine what you are & what you will be. You can be changed, you can be different, your life can move in an entirely new direction.
• BE SALTY = MUST BE CONVERTED TO CHRIST FULLY!!!
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