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Testimony amidst the turmoil
The late J. Vernon McGee told about a professor with a student in his class who seemed to be kind of a country bumpkin.
When the professor found out that this young man believed the Bible, he thought he would have a little fun at his expense.
In front of the whole class, he asked, "John, do you believe that God miraculously parted the waters of the Red Sea and the Israelites crossed over on dry land?"
22:1–21 In speaking to a hostile Jewish audience, Paul uses OT imagery as he seeks to show that his message is not an abandonment of his Jewish heritage.
He explains his message via his own encounter with Jesus.
Compare 9:1–19.
22:22–29 Paul’s audience reacts violently to his speech, and the Roman commander seeks to learn why the Jewish people are so upset with Paul by using torture.
Paul escapes flogging by calling attention to his Roman citizenship (see 16:37).
The late J. Vernon McGee told about a professor with a student in his class who seemed to be kind of a country bumpkin.
When the professor found out that this young man believed the Bible, he thought he would have a little fun at his expense.
In front of the whole class, he asked, "John, do you believe that God miraculously parted the waters of the Red Sea and the Israelites crossed over on dry land?"
The late J. Vernon McGee told about a professor with a student in his class who seemed to be kind of a country bumpkin.
When the professor found out that this young man believed the Bible, he thought he would have a little fun at his expense.
In front of the whole class, he asked, "John, do you believe that God miraculously parted the waters of the Red Sea and the Israelits crossed over on dry land?"
"I shore do, sir," came his countrified reply.
He, of course, was talking about how Moses parted the Red Sea so that the Israelites could cross it on dry land, after which the pursuing Egyptian army followed, only to be drowned when the waters came back together.
"Well," said the professor patronizingly, "suppose I tell you that it wasn't the Red Sea they crossed, but the 'Reed Sea,' and that it was no deeper than one foot all the way across?
That's what the latest scholarship says.
So, what do you have to say about THAT?"
The country bumpkin thought about it for a moment and then all of a sudden burst out laughing and said, "Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle; if that don't beat all!
That's more of a miracle than I thought!"
Puzzled, the professor asked, "How's that?"
"That God could drown the whole Egyptian army in one foot of water must be one of the greatest miracles in the Bible!"
We need to foster a healthy attitude as much as possible regardless of others intentions.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN OUR TESTIMONY IS NECESSARY FOR others to know we have overcome also AND THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE WILL NEED TO DEFEND OUR FAITH.
BOTH PLAY A BIG PART IN others salvation.
PAUL OF COURSE GIVES US A some GREAT EXAMPLES
1.Talk in a way that can be respected and understood.
Gain identification with the people you are speaking by showing how you have so much in common.
2 When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet.
Acts22:1“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense.” 2 When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet.
6 “About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me. 7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul!
Saul!
Why do you persecute me?’
8 “ ‘Who are you, Lord?’
I asked.
Aramaic language The Greek term used here, hebrais, can refer in the NT to either Hebrew or Aramaic.
Aramaic is probably meant here, since it was the more common spoken language at the time.
Paul’s use of it demonstrates to those present that he is a Jew and respects their culture.
2.Our former life helps others to understand the need for and the depth of our change.
Then Paul said: 3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city.
I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors.
I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.
4 I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison, 5 as the high priest and all the Council can themselves testify.
I even obtained letters from them to their associates in Damascus, and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.
“ ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ he replied.
9 My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who was speaking to me.
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Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
When we are willing to confess our own failings people are more open to change in their lives.
10 “ ‘What shall I do, Lord?’
I asked.
3. Our encounter with Jesus and how he has redirected our path.
6 “About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me. 7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul!
Saul!
Why do you persecute me?’ 8 “ ‘Who are you, Lord?’
I asked.“
‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ he replied.
9 My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who was speaking to me. 10 ‘What shall I do, Lord?’
I asked.
“ ‘Get up,’ the Lord said, ‘and go into Damascus.
There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.’ 11 My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me.
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