Standard 7 · Lesson 13
Saul’s Conversion
Reading Portion
Acts 8:1-3; 9:1-22; 22:3,4; Phil.3:5,6
Lesson Content
1. Details about Saul (Acts 22:3,4; Phil.3:5,6).
2. Saul’s zeal for his religion — He threatened the disciples of the Lord — He made havoc of the Church, entering into every house and dragging men and women, committed them to prison. He obtained letters from the high priest to bind them (Acts 8:1,3; 9:1,2; Phil.3:6).
3. The vision that he saw and his losing sight (Acts 9:3-9).
4. The revelation that God gave Ananias and his meeting Saul (Acts 9:10-17).
5. Saul recovered sight, was baptized and started his ministry (Acts 9:18-22).
Moral
When we grieve God’s children, we are actually grieving God. If we obey the heavenly vision, He wholly changes us, and makes us vessels worthy of Him.
Memory Verse
“And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.”
I Timothy 1:12,13