Fruit Tree
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Paul in Jerusalem
Paul in Jerusalem
His friends had warned him not to come.
The Holy Spirit told him to go, but also told him he would suffer.
And now he is here.
Met with James (Brother of Jesus) and the elders of the church.
Tells them what God had done with the Gentiles.
20 And when they heard it they began glorifying God; and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law;
21 and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs.
Solution:
Four men under a vow (Nazarite) Go with them and purify yourself in the Temple (7 days) pay their expenses.
Dog and Pony show
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more.
20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law;
21 to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law.
22 To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some.
23 I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.
It’s not being fake.
I can wear a t-shirt and preach to bikers,
I can wear a suit, preach in a traditional Church,
I can be a cop to preach to other cops,
I can play a round of Golf and preach Christ.
Paul performs this very Jewish ritual for the sake to the Jewish- Christians.
But before he is done. He is seen by some Jews from Asia.
They stir up the people.
Paul was drug out of the temple and were about to kill him.
Roman Cohort
When the Jews saw the Romans coming, they quit beating Paul.
Romans take Paul to the barracks to figure out what’s going on.
Paul asks to address the people.
He addresses the crowd in Hebrew. Which quits them down.
He tells his story. He was a Jew from Tarsus, educated in the way of the Pharisees in Jerusalem, persecuted the followers of Jesus, zealous for God. Started tracking down the people of the Way to Damascus, His encounter with Jesus, Blinded, healed, baptized. Then he told them that Jesus directed him to “Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles”
HE LOST THE CROWD
6 He says, “It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also make You a light of the nations
So that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
Romans pull Paul out of there and their intent is to “Examine” him. They are going to torture him until he tells them what he has done to so stir up the crowds.
Paul: “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?”
Paul before the council
Paul before the council
Pharisees and Sadducees: Paul jedi mind tricked them.
“I am on trial for the hope and resurrection of the dead”
Pharisees believed in angels, spirit of God, and the resurrection of the dead, the Sadducees did not.
Again the Roman Commander pulls Paul out.
10 And as a great dissension was developing, the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them and ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.
Plot to Kill Paul
+40 people took a vow to kill Paul, They were going to have the Council call for Paul to be brought before them again, and they were going to kill him in route.
Paul’s sisters son gets wind of the plot, tells Paul and Paul sends him to the Commander.
Romans take 200 soldiers and take him to Caesarea to stand before Felix (Governor)
Paul before Felix
High Priest Ananias & crew come to accuse Paul.
Paul makes his defense.
Paul discussed righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became afraid.
Sent Paul away, didn’t condemn him, but didn’t release him.
Kept Paul in “jail” for two years.
Felix retires
Replaced by Festus
The High Priest go to Festus requesting that Paul be brought back to Jerusalem to stand trial, while setting an ambush to kill him.
Festus asks Paul if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem to be tried, and Paul said, I am a Roman standing before Caesar’s tribunal, so this is where I ought to be tried. (appeal to Caesar, which would take him to Rome)
Rub If Festus sent Paul before Caesar, and it is seen as frivolous, Festus will lose face.
So King Agrippa comes to Caesarea and Uncle Festus lays it out to him.
Felix left me this baggage, the Jews want him killed, but he’s a Roman citizen and a Jew and appealed to the Emperor.
Agrippa said he wanted to hear from Paul.
Paul before Agrippa
Paul before Agrippa
Paul lays out his story again.
19 “So, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision,
20 but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance.
21 “For this reason some Jews seized me in the temple and tried to put me to death.
22 “So, having obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, stating nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said was going to take place;
23 that the Christ was to suffer, and that by reason of His resurrection from the dead He would be the first to proclaim light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”
24 While Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great learning is driving you mad.”
25 But Paul said, “I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I utter words of sober truth.
26 “For the king knows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence, since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a corner.
27 “King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know that you do.”
28 Agrippa replied to Paul, “In a short time you will persuade me to become a Christian.”
29 And Paul said, “I would wish to God, that whether in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these chains.”
30 The king stood up and the governor and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them,
31 and when they had gone aside, they began talking to one another, saying, “This man is not doing anything worthy of death or imprisonment.”
32 And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
20 but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance.
John the Baptist message.
8 “Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance;
10 “The axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
12 “His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
James
14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?
17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.
20 But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?
24 You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.
26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Don’t tell people what you believe, show them.