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  • The Conversion of an Unlikely Sinner

  • January 17, 2021

    Series: Acts: Empowered for the Mission, Part 19

    Text: Acts 9:1-22

    Main Idea: Salvation is a sovereign work of God which transforms every sinner into a servant of the Gospel.

  • 1.      The Sinner’s Conversion: God sovereignly interrupts and converts the most      sinners. (v. 1-2)

    • Salvation is apart from any efforts or      on the sinner’s part.
    • Salvation is solely due to the      & mercy of God. (1 Tim 1:13-16)


    2.      The Sinner’s Transformation: God brings about a great      in the sinner. (v. 4-19)

    • The sinner is keenly & deeply      of their own sinfulness.  (v. 4, 9)
    •  The sinner is broken in great      . (v. 8)
    • The sinner recognizes the      of Christ & willingly submits to Him. (v. 8)
    • The sinner once in      is given spiritual sight. (v. 8-9, 17-18)
    • The sinner seeks the Lord diligently in      . (v. 11)
    • The sinner is filled with & lives a life controlled by the      . (v. 17-18)
    • The sinner views the Lord’s people differently & desires      with them. (v. 19)


    3.      The Sinner’s Commission: God always converts sinners into      of the Gospel. (v.15-16, 20-22)

    • Every believer is a chosen      of God to follow the Lord’s will, not our will.
    • Every believer is called to      the world about Jesus.
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