Radiant Church - Audio Podcast

In this sermon from our WIND + FIRE series, Pastor Tim Matthews speaks on the life of Paul and how the church must rise up. Acts 8:1-3 (ESV) “And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. 3 But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.” In this passage, Saul is ravaging the church – causing harm, severe distress – then he gives examples – Saul enters the homes of believers dragging men and women from them But like all great stories there’s a plot twist, a radical change – Saul falls Saul goes from predator to prey – from hunter to hunted What happened? How does Saul go from a feared enemy to one needing an escape route out of a city? Jesus happened! Jesus enters the story! The one who was crucified n