Transcript What God Wants 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward.

What God Wants
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His
promise, as some count slackness, but is
longsuffering toward us, not willing that any
should perish but that all should come to
repentance.
2 Corinthians 7:9 Now I rejoice, not that you
were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to
repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly
manner, that you might suffer loss from us in
nothing.
Ezekiel 33:11 "Say to them: 'As I live,' says the
Lord GOD, 'I have no pleasure in the death of the
wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way
and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why
should you die, O house of Israel?'
1. He would have been circumcised on the eighth
day Phil 3:5
2. He would be schooled concerning the law of
Moses
Acts 22:3 “I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of
Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of
Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of
our fathers' law, and was zealous toward God
as you all are today.
Galatians 1:14 And I advanced in Judaism
beyond many of my contemporaries in my own
nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the
traditions of my fathers.
Acts 26:4 "My manner of life from my youth,
which was spent from the beginning among my
own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know. 5
"They knew me from the first, if they were willing
to testify, that according to the strictest sect of
our religion I lived a Pharisee.
3. He was taught a trade - Acts 18:3
Paul the persecutor
Galatians 1:13 For you have heard of my former
conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church
of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.
Acts 8:1 Now Saul was consenting to his death. At
that time a great persecution arose against the
church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all
scattered throughout the regions of Judea and
Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men
carried Stephen to his burial, and made great
lamentation over him. 3 As for Saul, he made
havoc of the church, entering every house, and
dragging off men and women, committing them
to prison.
Acts 26:9 "Indeed, I myself thought I must do
many things contrary to the name of Jesus of
Nazareth. 10 "This I also did in Jerusalem, and
many of the saints I shut up in prison, having
received authority from the chief priests; and
when they were put to death, I cast my vote
against them. 11 "And I punished them often in
every synagogue and compelled them to
blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged
against them, I persecuted them even to foreign
cities.
Acts 9:1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and
murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to
the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to
the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found
any who were of the Way, whether men or
women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Acts 9:3 As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and
suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. 4
Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to
him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" 5 And
he said, "Who are You, Lord?" Then the Lord said, "I am
Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to
kick against the goads." 6 So he, trembling and
astonished, said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?"
Then the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city,
and you will be told what you must do." 7 And the men
who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a
voice but seeing no one. 8 Then Saul arose from the
ground, and when his eyes were opened he saw no one.
But they led him by the hand and brought him into
Damascus. 9 And he was three days without sight, and
neither ate nor drank.
Acts 26:16 'But rise and stand on your feet; for I
have appeared to you for this purpose, to make
you a minister and a witness both of the things
which you have seen and of the things which I
will yet reveal to you. 17 'I will deliver you from
the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles,
to whom I now send you, 18 'to open their eyes,
in order to turn them from darkness to light, and
from the power of Satan to God, that they may
receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance
among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'
Acts 9:15 But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a
chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before
Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel. 16
"For I will show him how many things he must
suffer for My name's sake."
Acts 22:16 And now why are you waiting? Arise
and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling
on the name of the Lord.'
Even though Paul believed, repented and prayed
he was still in his sins.
It is ONLY at the point of BAPTISM that a
person’s sins are removed.
Acts 9:17 And Ananias went his way and entered
the house; and laying his hands on him he said,
"Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to
you on the road as you came, has sent me that
you may receive your sight and be filled with the
Holy Spirit." 18 Immediately there fell from his
eyes something like scales, and he received his
sight at once; and he arose and was baptized.
Philippians 3:3 For we are the circumcision, who
worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus,
and have no confidence in the flesh, 4 though I
also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone
else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I
more so: 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the
stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew
of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
6 concerning zeal, persecuting the church;
concerning the righteousness which is in the law,
blameless. 7 But what things were gain to me,
these I have counted loss for Christ.
8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the
excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my
Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all
things, and count them as rubbish, that I may
gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having my
own righteousness, which is from the law, but
that which is through faith in Christ, the
righteousness which is from God by faith; 10 that
I may know Him and the power of His
resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings,
being conformed to His death, 11 if, by any
means, I may attain to the resurrection from the
dead.
12 Not that I have already attained, or am
already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay
hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid
hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to
have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting
those things which are behind and reaching
forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I
press toward the goal for the prize of the upward
call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Therefore let us, as
many as are mature, have this mind; and if in
anything you think otherwise, God will reveal
even this to you. 16 Nevertheless, to the degree
that we have already attained, let us walk by the
same rule, let us be of the same mind.
1 Timothy 2:3 For this is good and acceptable in
the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all
men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of
the truth.
Accept God’s saving Grace today.