Please look through the Book of Acts and choose a character you find particularly interesting (e.g., Barnabas, Philip, Priscilla, Gallio, Sergius Paulus, Sosthenes, etc.). Give a reason that character should be a "favorite Acts character," i.e., a character useful in discussing the rapid growth of the church.
Although my favorite is most likely Philip, because I enjoy his willingness to serve the Lord and his boldness as an example to evangelism in the story with the Ethiopian official; I will choose Saul/Paul.
ReplyDeleteThis option is primarily because I find him to be the most pivotal member because I feel as if he would have been fairly known by many because of fear for their lives. If you were a Christian, you needed to watch out. Since Saul was accustomed to imprisoning innocent Christians and having many put to death, he was a figure in Acts who stands out as having one of the biggest transformations. This is because he encounters Jesus.
In Acts 9, Saul gets flashed by a light from Heaven and he heard a voice say, "Saul!" Saul!" "Why are you opposing me?" After a real experience with Jesus, he was left changed. This is proven because we later see Saul become Paul and him testify in the name of the Lord all over the area. This backs up his ability to morph from a man who opposed and killed Christians, to the complete opposite...a man who realized he could only be saved through the saving power of Jesus name.