A
CTS
25 - 26
CTS
F
ESTUS
REPLACES
F
ELIX
•
O
N
HIS
WAY
TO
C
AESAREA
,
HE
STOPS
IN
J
ERUSALEM
TO
FIND
OUT
‘
WHAT
’
S
UP
’
BETWEEN
THE
H
IGH
P
RIESTS
AND
P
AUL
. H
E
INVITES
THEM
TO
COME
TO
C
AESAREA
•
V7 T
HEY
HAD
SERIOUS
CHARGES
AGAINST
P
AUL
BUT
GAVE
NO
EVIDENCE
•
P
AUL
SAYS
HE
HAS
NOT
BROKEN
ANY
J
EWISH
LAWS
,
NO
TEMPLE
LAWS
NOR
R
OMAN
LAWS
BROKEN
•
F
ESTUS
ASKS
IF
P
AUL
WOULD
BE
WILLING
TO
BE
TRIED
IN
J
ERUSALEM
•
P
AUL
SAYS
“N
O
! I
APPEAL
TO
C
AESAR
!”
•
V12 F
ESTUS
, “…
TO
C
AESAR
YOU
WILL
GO
!”
ING GRIPPA ERNICE VISIT ESTUS
•
F
ESTUS
WANTED
A
GRIPPA
’
S
O
PINION
. A
GRIPPA
IS
EXCITED
TO
LISTEN
TO
P
AUL
.
•
A
GRIPPA
ENTERS
IN
ARROGANCE
•
F
ESTUS
IS
FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE
THE
J
EWISH
LEADERS
WANT
P
AUL
DEAD
, F
ESTUS
FINDS
P
AUL
(
A
R
OMAN
CITIZEN
)
INNOCENT
, P
AUL
APPEALED
TO
C
AESAR
–
WHAT
CAN
F
ESTUS
WRITE
TO
C
AESAR
?
•
A
CTS
26 – P
AUL
’
S
T
ESTIMONY
•
“I
AM
FORTUNATE
TO
SPEAK
TO
YOU
A
GRIPPA
BECAUSE
YOU
KNOW
OUR
J
EWISH
CUSTOMS
AND
CONTROVERSIES
. I
BEG
YOU
TO
LISTEN
TO
ME
PATIENTLY
…”
•
P
AUL
UNLOADS
HIS
TESTIMONY
: M
EMBER
OF
THE
STRICTEST
J
EWISH
GROUP
–
THE
P
HARISEES
,
WAS
AGAINST
C
HRISTIANS
,
SOUGHT
TO
IMPRISON
OR
KILL
THEM
UNTIL
I
MET
J
ESUS
ON
MY
WAY
TO
D
AMASCUS
. I
AM
ON
TRIAL
BECAUSE
OF
MY
J
EWISHNESS
!
•
I
AM
A
FIRM
BELIEVER
IN
G
OD
’
S
PROMISES
TO
THE
12
TRIBES
…
IT
IS
THAT
HOPE –
THE
FULFILLING
OF
H
IS
PROMISES
,
THAT
I
AM
ON
TRIAL
!
•
V8 W
HY
SHOULD
ANY
OF
YOU
FIND
IT
INCREDIBLE
THAT
G
OD
RAISES
THE
DEAD
?
•
V10 …”I
MET
J
ESUS
AND
H
E
SAID
H
E
WOULD
RESCUE
ME
FROM
MY
OWN
PEOPLE
AND
SEND
ME
TO
THE
G
ENTILES
SO
THEY
COULD
RECEIVE
FORGIVENESS
OF
SINS
AND
A
PLACE
AMONG
THOSE
WHO
ARE
SANCTIFIED
BY
FAITH
IN
J
ESUS
.”
•
V22 I
AM
SAYING
WHAT
M
OSES
AND
THE
PROPHETS
HAVE
SAID
, ‘
THE
M
ESSIAH
WILL
SUFFER
AND
,
AS
THE
FIRST
TO
RISE
FROM
THE
DEAD
,
WOULD
BRING
THE
MESSAGE
OF
LIGHT
TO
H
IS
OWN
AND
TO
THE
G
ENTILES
.”
•
V24 F
ESTUS
COULDN
’
T
TAKE
ANY
MORE
AND
SAID
, “P
AUL
,
YOUR
INTELLIGENCE
HAS
MADE
YOU
CRAZY
/
INSANE
!”
•
V25 P
AUL
RESPONDS
, ”I
AM
NOT
INSANE
, H
EROD
KNOWS
AND
THESE
THINGS
HAVE
NOT
ESCAPED
HIS
NOTICE
…”
•
V28 (A
SAD
VERSE
) A
GRIPPA
STATED
, “D
O
YOU
THINK
THAT
IN
SUCH
A
SHORT
TIME
YOU
CAN
PERSUADE
ME
TO
BE
A
C
HRISTIAN
?”
•
V29 P
AUL
SAYS
, “I
PRAY
TO
G
OD
THAT
NOT
ONLY
YOU
A
GRIPPA
,
BUT
ALL
WHO
ARE
LISTENING
TO
ME
NOW
WOULD
BECOME
WHAT
I
AM
” …
A
C
HRISTIAN
•
V30 F
ESTUS
, A
GRIPPA
, B
ERNICE
AND
LISTENING
COUNCIL
STOOD
AND
LEFT
•
T
HEY
SAID
TO
EACH
OTHER
– P
AUL
IS
INNOCENT
,
NOT
DESERVE
DEATH
OR
PRISON
!
•
A
GRIPPA
STATED
, “P
AUL
COULD
HAVE
BEEN
FREED
NOW
…
IF
HE
DID
NOT
APPEAL
TO
C
AESAR
…”
•
F
ESTUS
: J
UST
WANTED
JUSTICE
! C
ONFRONTED
WITH
THE
GOSPEL
-
PANICKED
WITH
CONVICTION
AND
“
RAN
”
•
A
GRIPPA
: F
ILLED
WITH
ARROGANCE
THAT
BLINDED
HIM
… ‘D
O
YOU
(P
AUL
)
THINK
YOU
COULD
PERSUADE
ME
TO
BE
A
C
HRISTIAN
?!?’
•
P
AUL
: U
SED
HIS
PERSONAL
TESTIMONY
TO
SHARE
THE
TRUTH
OF
J
ESUS
C
HRIST
. J
ESUS
THE
SUFFERING
M
ESSIAH
, W
HO
DIED
AND
ROSE
AGAIN
TO
FORGIVE
THE
SINS
OF
ALL
WHO
WOULD
BELIEVE
.
J
ESUS
–
THE
H
OPE
OF
G
OD
’
S
WORD
!
•
ELF A
HRISTIAN
•
OU HAVE A
PERSONAL
TESTIMONY
•
HARE THE REALITY
AND OPE OF
ESUS IN YOU
Colossians 1: 27