Acts: Turning the World Upside Down | A Study on Conversion

You often hear of someone having a “Damascus Road” moment, where something new is revealed to them and their whole life changes. The phrase comes from this passage in Acts (chapter 9), where a man named Saul, better known as Paul the Apostle—who at first seems like the main villain in the story—suddenly has his whole life change when Jesus interrupts his plans to stop the growth of the church dead in its tracks. It’s a famous story. And it tells us a lot about what is taking place when someone chooses to begin following Jesus. In this message, Pastor Joel highlights four important elements to conversion, which are relevant not just for new followers of Jesus, but also for the seasoned saint to come back to again and again as they continue the journey begun in their own conversion.