Saul’s immediate obedience to the word of Jesus Christ when the Lord appeared to him on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:3-8) was remarkable given Saul’s intense opposition to Jesus and His followers prior to this encounter.  Sometimes God has to “put us on the ground” in order to get our attention and realize how […]

When Saul of Tarsus concluded that the Lord God was the source of the sudden flashing light that put him on the ground, and that the Lord was Jesus whose followers he was severely persecuting (Acts 9:3-5), he did not debate.  In fact, when he testified of the event later in Acts 22, Saul (now […]

Saul was first introduced at the stoning of Stephen by the Jewish religious leaders at the end of Acts 7.  According to Acts 8:1-3, he was among the most zealous of those who sought the imprisonment and even death of the followers of Jesus.  Chapter 9 opens with “Saul, still breathing threats and murder against […]

Philip’s encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch along a desert road south of Jerusalem is one of the great examples of personal evangelism in Scripture – one from which we can all learn.  Not only was Philip available in terms of regular obedience to God’s desire to actively proclaim the gospel wherever God sent him, he […]

After the ministry of Peter and John in Samaria in the middle of Acts 8, the narrative returns to Philip who was used of the Holy Spirit to begin the ministry in Samaria.  In Acts 8:26 we read:      But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, “Arise and go south to the […]