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Its March Madness.
Over the past two weeks we have seen some major upsets.
Sorry Virgina fans and State Fans.
Even my Tar Heels went down.
But when it comes to fans as much as I hate to admit it.
Duke fans at Cameron indoor Stadium are passionate.
To those who look in from the outside they are called the Cameron Crazies.
They are 1200 strong.
They start chanting and cheering during warmups.
One article written by non Duke supporter even said the Cameron Crazies are the standard of student section that others schools aspire to be.
All of that is debatable.
However, some would say the are passionate and others would say they are just straight up crazy.
There is a fine line between being crazy and being brilliant.
We will see today Paul’s sanity coming into question because he believes in and is passionate about Jesus.
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Paul applead to Caesar.
Festus after meeting with council has no choice but to send him to Caesar.
We don’t know how many days have passed.
But King Agrippa and Bernice his sister arrive at Caesarea and they are greeted by Festus
Festus has no choice but to send him to Ceaser.
King Agrippa II is the grandson of Herod the Great and son of Herod King Agrippa who killed James and had Paul arrested.
He was also eaten by worms for taking Gods glory in .
Kenneth Gangel says: “At the age of thirty-three years of age he had become King of various northeastern Palestine territories.
His sister Bernice was one year younger and had come to live with him once her husband had died, who was also her uncle.
Throughout the Roman Empire people assumed an incestuous relationship, probably an accurate analysis of the strange situation.”
And yet in light of all of this.
King Agrippa II was appointing the High Priest and he was custodian of the temple treasury.
Because of his background he was quailifed to hear Paul.
Festus begins to lay out the case against Paul and the events that led up to the trial.
Festus tells King Agrippa II that the Jews laid no charge against Paul as he thought their would be.
King Agrippa II is the grandson of Herod the Great and son of Herod King Agrippa who was eaten by worms for taking Gods glory.
In other words the Jews had no case.
Festus says their dispute over Paul is about this man name Jesus.
Did he raise from the dead or not?
In verse 19 their dispute with Paul was over Jesus.
The Jews beleiving he had died and Paul believing that he had risen from the grave.
Festus then tells Agrippa how he wanted to send him to Jerusalem but Paul appealed to Caesar.
Festus then tells Agrippa how he wanted to send him to Jerusalem but Paul appealed to Caesar.
I guess the question I have for you is as you look at your life are you living your life like Jesus?
Agrippa at this point says to Festus I would like to hear from this man.
Agrippa and Bernice make a grand entrance into the audience hall.
In the hall where military tribunes (there where 5 of them in Ceaseara) These men where over 1000 soilders each.
and other prominent men where present.
Paul is brought in
The picture that Dr. Luke is giving us is you have all thes proiment men in their pomp and circumstance and their is small little Paul
and Festus makes this grand speech before all.
He points to the Jewish people petitioned him that this man should not live.
In Verse 25 he says that he has found nothing wrong with this man deserving death.
Paul appealed to Casear and I have decided to send him.
However I have nothing to write him as far as charges against him.
So I have brought him before you and especilly you King Agrippa so that you can exaimine him, and give me something to write.
In other words I can’t send this man to Caesar without some charges against him.
Agrippa tells Paul to speak
Paul makes his defense.
I will make my defense to you about all the accusations made against me.
First, He starts with his training in the law.
I will make my defense to you about all the accusations made against me.
Because you understand the Jewish customs and controversies of the Jews.
In verse 4-5 Paul points to the fact that he was raised in Jerusalem.
I was trained and held to the strickest of laws.
I was a Pharisee.
Paul is saying in my training I learned to have hope in a coming messiah.
Paul lays out that he is on trial and standing before them because of the hope made by God to our fathers.
The hope Scripture gives us by pointing to a Savior
The Jewish people have a hope that God will send a Savior.
That he will send a King.
Paul is saying I have my hope in that as well.
But he will go on to say that hoped has been filled with Jesus Christ as my Savior.
As the song we sang this morning said.
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness
The twelve tribes hoped to attain the promised made by God
Then Paul ask a question “Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?
This is a hyptocial question.
Setting Paul up to deliever his sermon to them about how he came to believe that Jesus is alive and then invite the King to accept Jesus as his savior.
Second, in Pauls defense in verses 9-11 he points to how he persecuted the Christians
Paul say I was convinced I should do many things to oppose Jesus.
In Jerusalem I locked up the Christ followers
I even voted to have the Christ followers killed.
I punished many Christ followers even in other cities.
Third, in Pauls defense In verses 12-18 Paul goes into great detail of how he made Christ his Savior.
In verses 12-18
He speaks to being on his way to Damascus and a great light shown to him.
He speaks to being on his way to Damascus and a great light shown to him.
In verse 14 Paul tells of Jesus called his name.
Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?
It is hard for you to kick against the goads.
Goads where sharp sticks used to prod and direct an animal.
So Jesus is telling Paul that he is kicking and going away from the Lords direction.
Jesus is saying to Paul stop fighting me and submit to my will.
Maybe there are some here today who need to stop fighting Jesus.
To submit to his will by way of Salvation.
To submit to his will and what he is calling you to do.
Maybe we as a church need to stop fighting Jesus and submit to his will for us.
Paul ask who was speaking to him.
and then we get this dialong from Jesus.
Jesus calls Pauls to go and be a witness.
Jesus tells him that he will deliever him from his people and from the Gentiles.
Jesus tells him that he is sending him out to them, so that their eyes may be open.
So that they will turn from dakrness to light and from the power of Satan to God.
He is sending him out so that they might find forgiveness of sins
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