TRANSFORMATIONAL CONVERSION

TRANSFORMATIONAL CONVERSION I. I’M AMAZED AT HOW RELEVANT THE WORD OF GOD IS TO LIFE. A. HEBREWS 4:12a JOHN 6:63b B. THE CONNECTION IN WHAT PAUL AND SILAS EXPERIENCED, AND WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OUR NATION TODAY. C. ACTS 16:13-40 D. WHEN THE HOPE OF MAKING MONEY IS GONE, PEOPLE GET ANGRY AND VIOLENT. II. LYDIA AND HER HOUSEHOLD, THE JAILOR AND HIS HOUSEHOLD ARE TRANSFORMED THROUGH GOD’S SAVING GRACE. A. “THE LORD OPENS HER HEART TO RESPOND TO PAUL’S MESSAGE.” B. PAUL DESCRIBES THE EFFECT OF SALVATION’S TRANSFORMATION. C. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 D. SAUL THE “PERSECUTOR” IS TRANSFORMED TO PAUL THE “PREACHER” BY THE POWER OF SALVATION! III. NOTICE: EACH EVANGELISTIC MOMENT IS PRECEDED BY PAUL AND SILAS LOOKING FOR AND ATTENDING, “A PLACE OF PRAYER?” A. THERE IS SOMETHING VERY POWERFUL ABOUT THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS! B. THE JAILOR IS MIRACULOUSLY “SAVED” AND TRANSFORMED FROM A HOPELESS AND SUICIDAL LIFE, TO “NEW LIFE IN CHRIST!” IV. EVERY BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN IS REQUIRED TO GROW AND MATURE SPIRITUALLY, BUT MEETING JESUS RADICALLY ALTERS AND CHANGES LIVES. A. COULD OUR EVANGELISTIC APPROACH BE ENHANCED IF WE HAD A GREATER DESIRE TO GATHER FOR PRAYER? B. CORPORATE PRAYER HOLDS THE POWER TO SHAKE THE FOUNDATIONS AND BRING DOWN STRONG HOLDS OF EVIL IN THE WORLD TODAY. C. AS “FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST” WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO LET OUR LIGHT SHINE BY SHARING THE GOSPEL MESSAGE WITH FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY.