{"id":3024,"date":"2025-05-28T08:22:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=3024"},"modified":"2025-05-28T08:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:24:06","slug":"lesson-5-saul-becomes-paul-acts-91-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/28\/lesson-5-saul-becomes-paul-acts-91-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 5: Saul Becomes Paul: Acts 9:1-31"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Key Verse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be<\/em> an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Romans 1:1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Verse Thought: <\/strong>After reading the key verse, understand that this verse declares that Paul was called to be an apostle. To remember who the eleven remaining Apostles had chosen, read that it was Matthias (see Acts 1:26). Nevertheless, that is the last time we read of Matthias specifically. We are to understand that God chose Paul (renamed from Saul) to be that twelfth Apostle. In this verse, the word se<\/strong>parated<\/strong> means \u201cto separate; to select to some office or work. Paul had been a Pharisee (which means to separate) who had been separated unto the law, or the study of the law. Now he was saying that he was separated to the gospel \u2013 the message of Jesus.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this lesson, we will learn how Saul changed, becoming Paul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emphasis: <\/strong>We are to understand that to become a Christian one must believe in Jesus, and that He is God\u2019s Son \u2013 by faith, regardless of what any \u201creligion\u201d teaches. Then one must seek to learn more about Jesus by going to church, but especially reading God\u2019s Word \u2013 learning directly from Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesson Summary: <\/strong>Beginning in our last lesson, we saw that the Gospel message was carried out of Jerusalem and Judea into Samaria (remember \u201c\u2026 and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth\u201d Acts 1:8b). We have begun to learn just how Jesus\u2019 command was being obeyed. In this lesson, we will meet the man God chose to begin the spread of the Gospel message into the \u201cuttermost part of the earth.\u201d He was an avid persecutor of the early church named Saul (whose name was later changed to Paul).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this lesson, we will read events you may have heard many times before. Nevertheless, try to learn new things about this event that you may have never grasped before. It will help since we are trying to go through the Bible in historical order, tying events and people together \u2013 fitting the pieces of the puzzle together, revealing that the whole Bible is centered on the Gospel message of Jesus, and the spread of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We met the young man, Saul, when he was present at the stoning of Stephen. We then read that he was \u201cconsenting unto his death\u201d and \u201cmade havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them<\/em> to prison\u201d (see Acts 8:1-3). In this lesson, we will find out that he made this his personal priority \u2013 persecuting the \u201cdisciples of the Lord\u201d (see Acts 9:1-2), until he met Jesus on the road to Damascus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a drastic change in Saul when he met Jesus \u2013 for even his name was changed to Paul. In this study, we will understand that it took time and much study to prepare for the task Jesus had for Paul\u2019s life \u2013 to be the Apostle sent to the Gentile people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y3Q2 – Lesson 5 Questions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y3Q2 – Lesson 5 Children’s Worksheets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are teaching this lesson to children, the following are a couple of craft ideas to help them remember this lesson about Paul:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Biblical Path of Life – Year Three, Quarter Two<\/a><\/strong> is available through Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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