biblestudy: Acts (Part 24)
Acts 24 Paul Uses Trials as Opportunities to Witness
John W. Ritenbaugh
Given 07-Mar-89; Tape #BS-AC24
Description: Prior to continuing the twenty-fourth installment expounding the book of Acts, John Ritenbaugh focuses upon the topic of exercising ones legal rights, examining scriptures pertaining to the subject, including taking a brother to court, submitting to civil government, paying taxes, responding to lawsuits, and dealing with corrupt court systems and unfair settlements. As Paul (through the brave intervention of his young nephew) is miraculously rescued (by half a cohort of Roman soldiers commanded by Lysias) from the mob in Jerusalem (who had taken a rash vow to murder Paul) and taken to Caesarea (where he was tried for sedition before Felix), he uses every trial as an opportunity to bear witness to Christ, preaching the Gospel. As Paul successfully confutes the spurious sedition charges, he introduces Felix to the particular (exculpatory) tenets of The Way.Felix (fearing a possible insurrection of the Jews) puts Paul in protective custody. After a private conversation, Paul unwittingly pricks the conscience of Felix, keeping himself incarcerated until the appointment of the next governor, Festus, to whom he would appeal (as a right of a Roman citizen) to Caesar. (85 minutes)
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Sermons in the Acts series:
Acts (Part 1)
Acts as a Trial Document
Acts (Part 2)
The Miracle of Pentecost: Peter's Sermon
Acts (Part 3)
Acts 2, Speaking In Tounges
Acts (Part 4)
Acts 2:22-47 Christ's Messiahship/ Giving of Holy Spirit
Acts (Part 5)
Acts 3-4:4 Apostles Witness Brings Conflict With Established Authority
Acts (Part 6)
Acts 4-5:11 Peter and John's Boldness and Courage
Acts (Part 7)
Acts 5 & 6 Confrontation with the Sanhedrin and Stephen's Testimony
Acts (Part 8)
Acts 7:1-50 Rejection Of Deliverer Leads To Idolatry
Acts (Part 9)
Acts 7-8 Martyrdom of Stephen and Peter's Encounter with Simon Magus
Acts (Part 10)
Acts 9 Paul's Dramatic Conversion
Acts (Part 11)
Acts 10-11:1-18 Conversion of Cornelius
Acts (Part 12)
Acts 11-13 Relationship Between Prayer and God's Response
Acts (Part 13)
Acts 13 The Work of Paul and Barnabas in Cyprus
Acts (Part 14)
Acts 14 Paul and Barnabas at Lystra ; The Council of Jerusalem
Acts (Part 15)
Acts 15 The Council of Jerusalem : Circumcision and Gentiles
Acts (Part 16)
Acts 15:19-29 Sensitivity to Conscience and Scruples
Acts (Part 17)
Acts 15-16 The Imprisonment and Release of Paul and Silas
Acts (Part 19)
Acts 18: Priscilla and Aquila, Gallio's Decision, Arrival of Apollos
Acts (Part 20)
Acts 19 Paul encounters adherents to Diana (Artemis ) Worship/ Riot at Ephesus
Acts (Part 21)
Acts 20 Paul's Final Admonitory Instructions to the Ephesian Elders
Acts (Part 22)
Acts 21 Parallels Between Paul's and Christ's Last Journey to Jerusalem
Acts (Part 23)
Acts 22-23:10 Paul's Incredible Skill at Extricating Himself from Trouble
Acts (Part 24)
Acts 24 Paul Uses Trials as Opportunities to Witness
Acts (Part 25)
Acts 25-26 Paul's Appeal to Festus and his Testimony to King Agrippa
