This is the Way (Acts 9:1-31)

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This is the way:

• Jesus loves His bride deeply. Do you?

2 Corinthians 11:2 

For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you [as] a pure virgin.

This is the way:

• Life in Christ is a calling to radical obedience…

Luke 9:23 

And He was saying to [them] all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

This is the way:

• You must be born again.

Ezekiel 36:25-27

"Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 "I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.

This is the way:

• Life in Christ is a calling to radical obedience, even in the face of suffering.

2 Timothy 3:12 

Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

This is the way:

• Encourage your brothers and sisters in Christ.

This is the way:

• God’s grace is greater than all of our sin.

Galatians 1:22-24

I was [still] unknown by sight to the churches of Judea which were in Christ; 23 but only, they kept hearing, "He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy." 24 And they were glorifying God because of me.