About this episode

Paul's sermon in Pisidian Antioch continues — and it builds to the most explosive sentence in history: “But God raised him from the dead!”

In Acts 13:21–32, Paul walks his audience from King Saul — the king the people demanded, who ended in fear, jealousy, and defeat — to King David, the man after God's own heart, whose priority was to obey and honor God despite his flaws. And from David's line, exactly as promised, God brought Israel and the entire world the Savior: Jesus.

In this episode we explore: why God gave Israel the king they wanted before the king they needed; what “a man after God's own heart” really means (and doesn't mean); the striking contrast between two men of Benjamin named Saul — one who rejected God, and one transformed by Christ; how the Sanhedrin fulfilled the very prophecies they read every Sabbath by condemning Jesus; and why the resurrection changes everything — God saved the Savior, so the Savior can save us.

“Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” — Romans 12:2

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