Acts 22 - Mob Scene in Jerusalem March 30, 2017 Hedy Negron Paul Spreads the Gospel Whether in Chains Or in Prison Acts 21:18 - 28:31

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Acts 22 - mob scene in Jerusalem March 30, 2017 Hedy Negron Paul spreads the Gospel whether in chains or in prison Acts 21:18 - 28:31

21:18 22:30 23:31 25:1 25:13 26:1 28:31

Before the Before Before Before Governors the King the the Before the Jews mob Council

Felix Festus Agrippa

Jerusalem Caesarea Rome

Accused Absolved Awaiting Trial l______about 5 years ______l

I. Jerusalem Acts 21:37-40

...I am ready not only t be bound, but also t die in Jerusalem for te name of te Lord Jesus.” Acts 21:13

2 Chr. 6:6 Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that ______may be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'

Ps.68:29 Because of Your ______at Jerusalem, Kings will bring presents to You.

Ps.122:6 Pray for the ______ofJerusalem:“May they prosper who love you.”

Zec.9:9 “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your ______is coming to you; He is just and having ______, Lowly and riding on a ______, A colt, the foal of a donkey.

Luke 13:34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who ______the prophets and ______those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to ______your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not ______!

1 Matt. 16:21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and ______many things from the elders and chief ______and scribes, and be killed, and be ______the third day.

Acts 1:8 “But you shall receive power when the ______has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in ______, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Rev.21:2 Then I, John, saw the ______, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Do I speak His language to the lost?

II. Paulʼs testimony - The testimony of a changed life Acts 22:1-21

For you wil be His witness t al men of what you have seen and heard. vs.15

He told them: • ______Jesus was. • ______he was. • ______he came to believe. • ______he was saved. • ______he was saved. • ______he was to do.

III. Onward Christian Soldiers Acts 22:22-30

“...wit a large sum I obtained tis citzenship.” And Paul said, “But I was born a citzen.” 22:28

For our ______is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,... Phil.3:20

Am I willing to go to the places of discomfort?

2 My Testimony

Where were you when you ﬁrst believed?

When did you ﬁrst believe?

Who told you about Christ?

!What scripture was used? !Did you sense being drawn to the Lord prior to Salvation? !What did the person witnessing to you say?

How would you have been described prior to salvation in Christ? Describe who you were:

!What was important to you? !what consumed your thoughts? !what were your priorities? !what were your activities based on? !what were your relationships like?

How have you changed?

!your thoughts - !your priorities - !your actions - !your relationships -

What have you been set free from?

Have you asked the Lord, as Paul did, “What do you want me to do?”

What gifts/talents has the Lord given you?

How can your past be used in ministry?!