Where did the new thing God does in Acts 9 originate?
The new thing God begins in Acts 9 originates in the secret recesses of His own mind. It was never imagined by Peter or the eleven, and it marks a fork in the road after God leaves off dealing with the nation of Israel, flowing from His grace and doing something totally different.
Les teaches that Acts 9 is the fork in the road where God finally leaves off dealing with the nation of Israel and does something totally different that Peter or the eleven never imagined. Because Jesus never disclosed this would happen, the new thing comes out of the secret recesses of God's own mind, as God in His grace acts. This follows Israel's high point of unbelief and rejection, and Saul is still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord before the Damascus road encounter.
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
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Who had never imagined the new thing God would do in Acts 9?
The new thing God begins in Acts 9 had never been imagined by Peter or the eleven apostles.