III

Conversion

Prof. M. M.
Ninan
SAUL PAUL

God gave him a new heart.

He became:
“The builder and the Architect of the Church”
Liturgy of St.Jacob
Jerusalem
Go ye into all the world,
and preach the gospel to
the whole creation.
Act 2:3 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting
on each one of them.
Act 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Act 2:2 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 2:3 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire,
distributed and resting on each one of them.
Act 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to
speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance
Day of Pentecost (Acts 2)

Apostles proclaimed the mesia to

the Jewish nation.
 Peter’s Sermon

Act 2:36 Let all the house of Israel therefore

know assuredly that God has made him both
Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you
crucified."
Act 2:44 And all who believed
were together and had all things
in common
Stoning of Stephen (Acts 7:59)
 "Behold, I see the
heavens opened, and
the Son of man
standing at the right
hand of God."

Stoning of Stephen
"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
10:7)
Recruit new
 No, the gospel is not to be Yes, the gospel is to be
preached to the Gentiles and preached to everyone,
Samaritans. including the Gentiles and
Samaritans

Mt.28:19
Mt.10:5-6
Mk.16:15

Acts 15:3
Mt.15:24
Acts 15:3
Acts 22:21
Acts 28:28
Act 10:1-8, 24-48

“Tell Peter that the project plan has

changed”
Amos 9:7 "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?
 PAUL'S CONVERSION AND
FOLLOWING EVENTS
[31-45 AD]
Acts 9:1-19
3. Paul seeks to arrest
Christians--vv. 1-2
4. Blinded by light from heaven;
hears Jesus' voice--vv. 3-9
5. Paul visited by Ananias; sight
restored--vv. 10--19
According to Josephus, Damascus was founded
by Uz, grandson of Shem who was the son of
Noah.
New Project Manager recruited
baptized
Painting attributed to Francesco Xanto Avelli; place
of production uncertain
Shallow bowl on low foot with the Conversion of Saul,
c. 1525
Widener Collection
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!!
 3 Days of Paul
Act 9:9 And for three days he was
without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

Rom 6:4 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.
Act 9:18 And straightway there fell from his
eyes as it were scales, and he received his
sight; and he arose and was baptized;

Acts 9:17-19
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.
According to Paul's own account in his
Letter to the Galatians 1:17, he then
went away to Arabia, before returning to
Damascus.
? Paul went to Sinai mountains like Moses and
Elijah to commune with God
Gal 4:25 "Now this Hagar is Mt. Sinai in Arabia,...".

Jebel al-Lawz
St. Catherine's Monastery and Mt. Sinai
 Petra in Nabotea
Alternate suggested place where Saul went
Petra
in
Nabotea
Was it here?
 Petra Nabotea

Mount Sinai
"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. 12:2)
Heaven = Non material dimension
II Corinthians 12:2-4
 The Unknown

Trinity Divine
Cherubim &
Seraphim
Spiritual
Arch angels

Mental
Angels

Material
Zoologicals
 The Unknown
Divine
Trinity Third Heaven
Cherubim &
Seraphim Spiritual
Second Heaven
Arch angels
Mental
Angels
First Heaven
"I knew a man in Christ above
fourteen years ago, (whether in
the body, I cannot tell; or
Zoologicals Material
whether out of the body, I cannot
tell: God knoweth;) such an one
caught up to the third heaven" (2
Corinthians 12:7. '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.'
Chronology of Paul’s Missionary Journeys
Chronology of Paul’s Epistles.