Faith

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Romans 10:17 (NKJV)

Assyrian Presbyterian Church of San Jose

ܥܕܬܐ ܦܪܣܒܝܬܪܝܬܐ ܕܐܬܘܖ̈ܝܐ ܒܣܢ ܗܘܙܝ

From Darkness To Light - 4

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From Darkness to Light

There is no darkness like religious darkness

Paul’s conversion is a “pattern” to those who are brought to Christ

What did God do first?

  • He stripped him from his religion

Paul gives his conversion story in Six Statements

Everything begins with God (Galatians 1:15)

He was the object of God’s Grace (Galatians 1:15)

  • Those who are the objects of God’s grace now always have been the objects of God’s grace
  • God does not change!
  • Malachi 3:6
  • Isaiah 46:10

God knows it because He decreed it

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