The document describes Saul's transformation from a persecutor of Christians to a follower of Jesus. It recounts how Saul was blinded by a light on the road to Damascus and spent three days blind before being visited by Ananias, who restored his sight. Saul then began preaching that Jesus is the Son of God. God called Saul to preach to the Gentiles about Jesus, and Saul prepared for this mission by spending time in Arabia before returning to Damascus to share the message of Jesus.

1. Transformation's First Steps

2. HUMBLED
Acts 9:6 "Now get up and go into the city, and you
will be told what you must do."

3. HUMBLED
7 The men traveling with Saul stood there
speechless; they heard the sound but did not see
anyone.

4. HUMBLED
8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened
his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by
the hand into Damascus.

5. HUMBLED
9 For three days he was blind, and did not eat or
drink anything.

6. ANANAIS: ON A SUICIDE MISSION?
Acts 9:10 In Damascus there was a disciple named
Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision,
"Ananias!" "Yes, Lord," he answered.

7. ANANAIS: ON A SUICIDE MISSION?
11 The Lord told him, "Go to the house of Judas on
Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus
named Saul, for he is praying.

8. ANANAIS: ON A SUICIDE MISSION?
12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias
come and place his hands on him to restore his
sight."

9. ANANAIS: ON A SUICIDE MISSION?
13 "Lord," Ananias answered, "I have heard many
reports about this man and all the harm he has
done to your saints in Jerusalem.

10. ANANAIS: ON A SUICIDE MISSION?
14 And he has come here with authority from the
chief priests to arrest all who call on your name."

11. ANANAIS: ON A SUICIDE MISSION?
15 But the Lord said to Ananias, "Go! This man is
my chosen instrument to carry my name before the
Gentiles and their kings and before the people of
Israel.

12. ANANAIS: ON A SUICIDE MISSION?
16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my
name."

13. ANANAIS: ON A SUICIDE MISSION?
17 Then Ananias went to the house and entered it.

14. ANANAIS: ON A SUICIDE MISSION?
Placing his hands on Saul, he said, "Brother Saul,

15. ANANAIS: ON A SUICIDE MISSION?
Placing his hands on Saul, he said, "Brother Saul,
the Lord - Jesus, who appeared to you on the road
as you were coming here--has sent me so that you
may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

16. ANANAIS: ON A SUICIDE MISSION?
18 Immediately, something like scales fell from
Saul's eyes, and he could see again. He got up and
was baptized,

17. PAUL'S MISSION
Acts 9:15 But the Lord said to Ananias, "Go! This
man is my chosen instrument to carry my name
before the Gentiles and their kings and before the
people of Israel.

18. PAUL'S MISSION
16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my
name."

19. SHARING THE MESSAGE OF JESUS
Acts 9:19 …and after taking some food, he
regained his strength. Saul spent several days with
the disciples in Damascus.

20. SHARING THE MESSAGE OF JESUS
20 At once he began to preach in the synagogues
that Jesus is the Son of God.

21. SHARING THE MESSAGE OF JESUS
21 All those who heard him were astonished and
asked, "Isn't he the man who raised havoc in
Jerusalem among those who call on this name?
And hasn't he come here to take them as prisoners
to the chief priests?"

22. SHARING THE MESSAGE OF JESUS
22 Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and
baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving
that Jesus is the Christ.

23. PREPARATION
Galatians 1:10 Am I now trying to win the
approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to
please men? If I were still trying to please men, I
would not be a servant of Christ.

24. PREPARATION
11 I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I
preached is not something that man made up.

25. PREPARATION
12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I
taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from
Jesus Christ.

26. PREPARATION
13 For you have heard of my previous way of life in
Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of
God and tried to destroy it.

27. PREPARATION
14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews
of my own age and was extremely zealous for the
traditions of my fathers.

28. PREPARATION
15 But when God, who set me apart from birth and
called me by his grace, was pleased

29. PREPARATION
16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach
him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man,

30. PREPARATION
17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who
were apostles before I was, but I went immediately
into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.

31. PREPARATION
18 Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to
get acquainted with Peter and stayed with him
fifteen days.

32. Transformation's First Steps