The Radical Truth

This is the final lesson in the series on The Book of Acts. Chapter 28 begins with Paul being shipwrecked on the island of Malta and what follows is the supernatural work the Lord did through him. This is Biblical Christianity and we are to live it out today. The accounts in this wonderful, Spirit-filled and Spirit-inspired book wasn't given to us so we could merely look back to see what the Lord has done. He gave us these accounts to stir our faith so we can see the God of miracles working in our midst through signs and wonders and truly Spirit anointed preaching right now. May the Lord raise up men and women with the fire and anointing that Paul had, for we serve the same Almighty God.

Paul is on his way to Rome as a prisoner when the ship that was transporting him was caught in a hurricane. This is certainly an adventurous chapter in The Book of Acts and it contains some valuable truths that relate to us today.

We left Paul preaching in our last lesson to governor Festus, King Agrippa, his sister Bernice and some other people. In this lesson we will see how the conviction of the Holy Spirit became so intense that governor Festus interrupted Paul's message. This is an awesome account, so don't miss it.

The focus of this lesson is on Paul sermon to a crowd of nonbelievers that consisted of a king, a governor, military officers and city officials. There are some powerful truths that come out in this lesson.

We will study roughly two years in the life of Paul in this lesson. He was in jail in Caesarea under governor Felix, who was recalled to Rome to face charges of corruption. Festus became the new governor and Paul was left in prison by the departing Felix. Now that Festus was the new ruler, it doesn't take long for him to have to deal with Paul.

Paul's journey to testify before the Roman governor Felix is the focus of this lesson. We will see truth confronting lies and the power of a godly testimony.

Paul was being beaten by a mob of religious zealots, most of them didn't know what the disturbance was all about. The Romans saw the riot breaking out and the Tribune entered into the chaos to put an end to it. He ended up rescuing Paul. This lesson gets into this account of Paul and there are some wonderful lessons that we can learn from it.

This is a challenging sermon on how the church is to be confronting the culture we live in with the true Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Paul's persecution that breaks out against him in the Temple in Jerusalem is the focus of this lesson. This begins the long journey of persecution that eventually lead to his execution by Nero in Rome. We see in this account a total contrast between the compassion of Paul, a follower of the true Messiah, and the religious men that were filled with hate and self-righteousness. This is an exciting lesson.

In this lesson we will study the beginning of Paul's long persecution and imprisonment that will ultimately lead to his execution by Emperor Nero. There are some important truths that need to be understood that we will dig into in this lesson, so don't miss it.

This lesson begins by continuing the account of Paul's visit with the elders of Ephesus. Here we will get a look at the profound love they had for each other. From there the pace picks up as we follow Paul's journey from Miletus to Caesarea, which was the port city for Jerusalem. There are some wonderful truths that we will dig into in this lesson, so don't miss it.

Paul is spending some time in a neighboring city to meet with the elders of Ephesus. This would be the last time he would see their faces in this life, so it was an emotional visit. Listen to this man of God's appeal to those church leaders because he was pouring out his heart to give them some final admonishments. This is a good, practical lesson that is also very challenging.

Acts chapter 20 opens with Paul leaving Ephesus after Demetrius, a silversmith that manufactured idols, had started a riot in an effort to silence Paul either by death, imprisonment or expulsion from the city. The silversmiths had taken a major decline in their income from the sale of idols because of the revival that swept the city after Paul began preaching the Gospel. After Paul left Ephesus he made his way to Corinth, Greece for a third visit. After this be began heading to Jerusalem, hoping to arrive by the Feast of Pentecost. As we follow Paul's journey to Jerusalem we see a man who loves Jesus with his entire being and loves people compassionately.

In the portion of Acts 19 that we are studying we will see the results of authentic revival that took place in Ephesus and the persecution that came about because of it. This is a powerful lesson, and the truths found in it, we need to apply to our lives.

The main account in this lesson is extremely interesting. Paul goes to Ephesus and during his time there seven sons of a man named Sceva started a business casting demons out of people. Their business takes an interesting turn that the seven brothers weren't expecting and the Lord used it in a marvelous way.