Made New 

Made New 
Pastor Blake Hanson | 1.18.23 

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT)

17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

You have a new . 

Acts 22:3–4 (NIV)

3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today. 

4 I persecuted the followers of this Way…

Philippians 3:5 (NLT)

5 I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure-blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin—a real Hebrew if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law.

Galatians 1:13–14 (NLT)

13 You know what I was like when I followed the Jewish religion—how I violently persecuted God’s church. I did my best to destroy it. 

14I was far ahead of my fellow Jews in my zeal for the traditions of my ancestors.

Acts 26:9 (NLT)

9 “I used to believe that I ought to do everything I could to oppose the very name of Jesus the Nazarene.

Acts 9:20 (NLT)

20 And immediately he began preaching about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is indeed the Son of God!”

You have a new . 

Acts 9:22 (NLT)

22 Saul’s preaching became more and more powerful, and the Jews in Damascus couldn’t refute his proofs that Jesus was indeed the Messiah.

1 Timothy 6:12 (NIV)

12 Fight the good fight of the faith…

Acts 9:23–25 (NLT)

23 After a while some of the Jews plotted together to kill him. 

24 They were watching for him day and night at the city gate so they could murder him, but Saul was told about their plot. 

25 So during the night, some of the other believers lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the city wall.

Acts 17:6 (NLT)

6…“Paul and Silas have caused trouble all over the world,” they shouted, “and now they are here disturbing our city, too.

You have a new . 

Acts 9:26–27 (NLT)

26 When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to meet with the believers, but they were all afraid of him. They did not believe he had truly become a believer! 

27 Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and told them how Saul had seen the Lord on the way to Damascus and how the Lord had spoken to Saul. He also told them that Saul had preached boldly in the name of Jesus in Damascus.

Acts 9:28–29 (NLT)

28 So Saul stayed with the apostles and went all around Jerusalem with them, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. 

29 He debated with some Greek-speaking Jews, but they tried to murder him.

You have a new . 

Acts 9:30–31 (NLT)

30 When the believers heard about this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus, his hometown. 

31 The church then had peace throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and it became stronger as the believers lived in the fear of the Lord. And with the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it also grew in numbers.

Acts 9:15 (NLT)

15 But the Lord said, “Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument…

Jeremiah 29:11–12 (NLT)

11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 

12 In those days when you pray, I will listen.

Notes: 

Join us Sunday @ 9 or 11 A
Give Here
Follow Us On Instagram Here