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Main Point: Truth is an appeal to a righteous judge.
We should live in a way that proves our forgiveness.
Forgiveness leads to forgiveness.
We are going to see Paul before Festus and Agrippa.
Then we are going to look at a prime example of faithfulness in the midst of persecution, rejection, and injustice.
We have an unstoppable God with an unstoppable plan using an unstoppable Church.
Our unstoppable God is sovereign.
His unstoppable plan is working.
Sometimes His unstoppable Church makes tough decisions.
If Paul wanted to not be in chains, he would have rejected God’s mission to go to Jerusalem.
If Paul wanted to not be in chains, he could have let Festus and Agrippa flesh out the sentencing.
If Paul wanted to not be in chains, he could have said it:
Last week I said: Sovereignty is not about what He does or doesn’t do but instead what He can do now or will do later.
If you are suffering today, you can believe God can do something right now, or God will do something later.
Paul is a man who is suffering from the religious leaders and the political leaders.
Yet, God’s plan is for Paul to go to Rome.
So, God makes a way.
This was God’s way to Rome.
It doesn’t look like our plan, but it is God’s plan.
What it meant to them:
Truth is not accepted everywhere.
Remember: we shouldn’t be surprised when the world is against us.
We shouldn’t be surprised when truth is distorted.
Be honest in front of man.
Even when truth is distorted, we speak it.
The gospel (good news) is associated with hateful things.
We have to almost repattern peoples minds before we can share the good news.
Just because the good news has been distorted by many in the world, doesn’t mean we should stop speaking it.
Make sure you do not blend God’s good news with man’s good news to the point where your life represents a distorted and mixed gospel.
Paul specifically preaches Christ: Acts 26:23
Be faithful to God.
What it means to us:
Faithfulness isn’t enough for humans.
People have to be perfectly faithful to accurately judge faithfulness.
We fail at both.
That’s why we put Jesus on the cross.
A faithful man was judged by unfaithful people.
It doesn’t matter how good you are, or how faithful you are, or how loving you are, people will still misjudge you.
I’ve realized in my own life that to seek the approval of people leads to the disapproval of God and the disapproval of man.
Seeking approval leads to a really dark place.
Paul shows us how to live for something other than the applause of man.
Faithfulness is enough for God.
We we’re unfaithful.
Our faithfulness is not what saves us.
Jesus faithfulness saves us.
Our faith in Jesus applies what Christ already paid for through His life, death, and resurrection.
Faithfulness is enough, and Christ is the faithful one.
When we are threatened with injustice in the world, remember we have an advocate, His name is Jesus.
When we don’t have an advocate in the world, we have one in Heaven.
He didn’t have an advocate on earth either.
Injustice is not the final word.
Felix, Festus, and Caesar did not get to decide Paul’s final state.
It’s the setup for the finale.
Injustice only sets up the cross before us to become a crown for eternity.
Just like for Jesus.
The cross set before Him was the victory that secured the crown upon him.
Main Point: Truth is an appeal to a righteous judge.
Truth is not an appeal to an unrighteous judge.
With unrighteous judges, you have to be able to twist them more than someone else, feed them more than someone else does...
Gospel Response:
Just like Paul’s defense before the jewish leaders, Felix, and Festus, we should be able to defend the truth.
But, we must also realize that the truth won’t be accepted in all courts, with all people, in all friendships, and in all families.
Only a person seeking the Truth will judge based on the truth.
So, we must..
Find the truth.
Live in alignment with truth.
Appeal to a righteous judge.
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