Acts 22:30-25:12 | Life Poured Out

Sermon Notes

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Preacher: Joel Fair
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I. Paul before the Council/Sanhedrin 22:30-23:11
II. The Lord reveals himself to Paul again 23:11
III. A Plot to Kill Paul and God’s Rescue 23:12-35
IV. Paul and the Governors 24:1-25:12
V. Application
A. Compelling Story But how does it Apply to Me?
B. God is Sovereign and in Control
C. As We Proclaim the Truth of God’s Word We WILL Experience Trials
D. Be Glad and Rejoice

Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

2 Corinthians 11:23-28
Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death. Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;  in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.  And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.

Philippians 2:14-18
Do all things without grumbling or disputing,  that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,  holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.  Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.  Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.

Tony Merida Exalting Jesus in Acts
“The names of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit aren’t mentioned in these verses—it’s a notable absence that reminds me of the book of Esther. In that book, too, the name of God is missing, but his fingerprints are everywhere within the story. God works in various ways to accomplish his purposes, even when we can’t see him. In this passage the same Lord who promised that Paul would get to Rome works through people and circumstances to accomplish his agenda. We sometimes think God isn’t working when we don’t see visible signs of his sovereignty. But never mistake the lack of the spectacular for the inactivity of God. His quiet, invisible hand is always at work.”