Big Idea: Jesus takes ugly pasts and gives them beautiful purposes
1) Saul's ugly past (8:1-3; 9:1-2)
2) Saul meets Jesus (9:3-9)
3) Saul's eyes are opened (9:10-19)
4) Saul the persecutor becomes Saul the preacher (9:20-25)
5) Saul the foe becomes Saul the friend (9:26-31)
Three Lessons:
Jesus loves even his fiercest enemies (Lk. 6:27-28)
So, we can also love those with ugly pasts (2 Cor. 5:14-19)
And, we can trust him to repurpose our own ugly pasts (1 Tim. 1:12-17)