Conversion

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Conversion
Prof. M. M. Ninan
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SAUL PAUL
God gave him a new heart.
He became
The builder and the Architect of the
ChurchLiturgy of St.Jacob
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Jerusalem
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Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel
to the whole creation.
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Act 23 And there appeared to them tongues as of
fire, distributed and resting on each one of
them. Act 24 And they were all filled with the
Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues,
as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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Act 22 And suddenly a sound came from heaven
like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all
the house where they were sitting. Act 23 And
there appeared to them tongues as of fire,
distributed and resting on each one of them. Act
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Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as
the Spirit gave them utterance
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Day of Pentecost (Acts 2)
Apostles proclaimed the mesia to the Jewish
nation.
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Peters Sermon
Act 236 Let all the house of Israel therefore
know assuredly that God has made him both Lord
and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
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Act 244 And all who believed were together and
had all things in common
Christian Commune
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Jerusalem Experiment Failed
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Stoning of Stephen (Acts 759)
After 3 years
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"Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of
man standing at the right hand of God."
Stoning of Stephen
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Change of Plan?
"Go not into the way of the Gentiles....but go
rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the
house of Israel."  (Matthew 107)
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Plan D temperarily halted
Plan E activated
Recruit new personals
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Yes, the gospel is to be preached to everyone,
including the Gentiles and Samaritans
Mt.2819 Mk.1615
Mt.105-6 Mt.1524
Acts 153 Acts 153 Acts 2221 Acts 2828
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Act 101-8, 24-48
Tell Peter that the project plan has changed
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Peter, We have a change of Plan
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Amos 97 "Are you not like the Ethiopians to me,
O people of Israel?" says the LORD. "Did I not
bring up Israel from the land of Egypt, and the
Philistines from Caphtor and the Syrians from
Kir?
Plan A
failed
Plan D
failed
failed
Plan B
Plan C
failed
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• PAUL'S CONVERSION AND FOLLOWING EVENTS 31-45
  AD
• Acts 91-19
• Paul seeks to arrest Christians--vv. 1-2
• Blinded by light from heaven hears Jesus'
  voice--vv. 3-9
• Paul visited by Ananias sight restored--vv.
  10--19

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According to Josephus, Damascus was founded by
Uz, grandson of Shem who was the son of Noah.
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New Project Manager recruited
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baptized
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Painting attributed to Francesco Xanto Avelli
place of production uncertainShallow bowl on low
foot with the Conversion of Saul, c. 1525Widener
Collection
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Saul of Tarsus met the Risen Christ on the
Damascus Road. He was thrown to the ground and
blinded by the brightness of the Risen Son of
God!!
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3 Days of Paul
Act 99 And for three days he was without sight,
and neither ate nor drank.
Rom 64 We were buried therefore with him by
baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised
from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too
might walk in newness of life.
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Act 918 And straightway there fell from his
eyes as it were scales, and he received his
sight and he arose and was baptized
Acts 917-19
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Kinesat Hanaiya (Chapel of Ananias) in the
Christian Quarter of the Old City reputedly the
place where Ananias laid his hands on Saul to
restore his eyesight.
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According to Paul's own account in his Letter to
the Galatians 117, he then went away to Arabia,
before returning to Damascus.
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Paul went to Sinai mountains like Moses and
Elijah to commune with God
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Gal 425 "Now this Hagar is Mt. Sinai in
Arabia,...".
Jebel al-Lawz
St. Catherine's Monastery and Mt. Sinai
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Petra in NaboteaAlternate suggested place where
Saul went
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Petra inNabotea Was it here?
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Petra Nabotea
Mount Sinai
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"I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago,
(whether in the body, I cannot tell or whether
out of the body, I cannot tell God knoweth)
such an one caught up to the third heaven" (2
Cor. 122)
Heaven Non material dimension
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II Corinthians 122-4
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The Unknown
Hebrew Cosmology
Divine
Trinity
Cherubim Seraphim
Spiritual
Arch angels
Mental
Angels
Material
Zoologicals
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The Unknown
DivineThird Heaven
Trinity
Cherubim Seraphim
SpiritualSecond Heaven
Arch angels
Mental First Heaven
Angels
"I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago,
(whether in the body, I cannot tell or whether
out of the body, I cannot tell God knoweth)
such an one caught up to the third heaven" (2
Cor. 122)
Material
Zoologicals
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Corinthians 127. 'And lest I should be exalted
above measure through the abundance of the
revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the
flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest
I should be exalted above measure.'
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Chronology of Pauls Missionary Journeys
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Chronology of Pauls Epistles.