"This Man" | Pastor Ben Kellert

"This Man" | Pastor Ben Kellert

Sunday, October 4th, 2026 - Bethel Pentecostal Church, Barrhead, AB

Mark 16:15 "Go into all the world and preach the good news..."

Acts 9:1-19  "Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest ² and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. ³ As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. ⁴ He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

⁵ “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.

“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. ⁶ “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

⁷ The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone. ⁸ Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus. ⁹ For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.

¹⁰ In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!”

“Yes, Lord,” he answered.

¹¹ The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. ¹² In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

¹³ “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”

¹⁵ But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. ¹⁶ I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”

¹⁷ Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” ¹⁸ Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized, ¹⁹ and after taking some food, he regained his strength."

Saul's Characteristics:

1. Very religious - blameless according to the law of Moses

2. Rich heritage - from the tribe of Benjamin

3. Well educated

4. Ambitious, hard-working

5. Loyal to those in authority

...Things were going splendidly....until they weren't...

Saul was literally knocked off his high horse to the ground!!

• God knows how to get our attention!
• Saul ended up face down in the dirt...humbled...
• The God of heaven had hunted down the hunter...

Vs 5 - "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting!"

• Yikes!
• You have been chosen...this is your mission... Go!~

This Man is my Chosen Instrument

• Only God knows who he or she will become!
• As Saul wasn't, you and I are not defined by our past!

There are people here who have been running... (This Man...this woman...maybe you...)

• running around like Saul... doing a lot but not what they should...
• running but not pursuing a relationship with Jesus...
• May you have an encounter with Jesus that knocks the feet out from under you! (sometimes that's what it takes to get our attention!)
• If that's what it takes to get our attention, then so be it!
• Whatever it takes, Lord!

Do whatever it takes to get our attention so we recognize our need for you... do it, Lord!

This man/This woman is my chosen instrument...

• His desire is to use us in the greatest possible way! To bring more of His children back to His Kingdom...to bring God the Glory and Honor!

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