1. EMPOWERED FOR CHANGE SERIES THE PATTERN OF EMPOWERMENT Witness to the Ends of the Earth Text: Acts 9:1-19

2. What Was the Pattern That Began to Take Form During the Early History of the Church?

3. I. IT OFTEN BEGINS WITH A CHASTISEMENT (Acts 9:1-4) Acts 7:58; Acts 8:1

4. II. IT MOVES TO A TIME OF CONVICTION (Acts 9:5-14) Acts 9:17

5. III. IT ENDS WITH A MOMENT OF CONVERSION (Acts 9:15-19) Acts 9:20; The Gadarene demoniac (Mark 5:1- 20); King Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:1-37); The Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8:26-40); Zacchaeus the tax collector (Luke 19:1-10); the Philippian jailer (Acts 16:22-34)