Stephen's Killers Now Want to Kill Paul.

Act 9:28  And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem. 

Act 9:29  And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him. 

Act 9:30  Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. 

Act 9:31  Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. 

Paul joined up with the Apostles in Jerusalem. Barnabas vouched for him and the others let them into their fold. Immediately Paul began to speak boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. Paul wasn't shrinking from his duty to the Lord, he was going to preach the gospel and preach in loudly. The miracle that occurred leading him to his Savior was something he could never forget. If only ALL of us would realize the miracle of our own conversions. True, we may not have been stopped while walking and blinded by a heavenly light, Jesus may not have appeared to us and spoken to us personally, face to face in the flesh, but HE SPEAKS to us through the Spirit, He leads us through the Spirit, He keeps us in Him through the Spirit. Jesus touches all of us in a very special unique way. We aren't lined up and given a pat on the back, we are embraced individually and welcomed into Jesus' way. We need to revisit our conversion and if we can't remember that conversion, we need to rededicate ourselves to Christ and be converted anew.

Paul preached loud, boldly and disputed against the Grecians.  DISPUTED AGAINST. These same Greeks disputed with Stephen--

Act 6:9  Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. 

Now Paul is disputing with them having believed like they believed not too long ago.  Instead of being amazed by Paul's conversion they wanted to kill him just as they'd killed Stephen.

Killing the messengers, this was their answer to the Christ follower problem, and it wasn't going to work. They killed Stephen only to have Paul convert from Judaism to Christianity. When they sought to kill Paul the Apostles had him leave Jerusalem and go to Tarsus. The churches of the Christ followers- NOT synagogues but home churches of Christians had peace for a time. They were learning truth and many were accepting the truth their numbers multiplying. This  had to be a good time for Paul. Paul was preaching and people were hearing and believing in Christ.  This was Paul's desire- that all should believe in Jesus Christ for their salvation. Paul had NO ulterior motive, he wanted no self-glory, he only wanted Christ preached! What do we want? In our lives, what do we want? Shouldn't we too want Christ preached?  No, not everyone is called to be a preacher, but we are all called to witness as our Savior leads us through the Holy Spirit.

May we do all the LORD wants us to do! Please Lord, please bless us with the knowledge of knowing what you will for us to do in all things! All through YOUR LOVE! All in the name of our Savior, JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD NOW AND FOREVER!!!!!!!