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The world puts those on trial who proclaim the foolishness of the Gospel, believing we have lost our minds.
Introduction
It was said by many that Jesus was out of His mind, that He was insane...
Jesus own family briefly thought Him to be out of His mind...
A poor servant girl named Rhoda was told she was out of her mind (that she was frantic) because she spoke true and rational words that Peter was at the door when all assumed he was still in prison...
Now Paul is proclaimed out of his mind as he goes on trial before the world.
He must witness the World things they consider foolishness, yet they are the truth.
It is not that unusual for those who proclaim truth to be labeled out of their mind...
In that way they are put on trial...
On Trial by the World
Paul and the rest of us who go by His name must use true and rational words so the world can become Christian and be saved...
The world is put on notice by the unique nature of the Gospel...
after Paul addresses the Areopagus...
Jeremiah was put on trial before Isreal by the false prophet Shemaiah...
He usurped the real priest Jehoiada to get rid of all God’s Right Prophets whom the world thought lost their mind...
Jeremiah was preaching an inconvenient truth so the world put him on trial
as the world puts us on trial...
While on trial we testify to things the world deems foolishness...
Witnessing to Worldly Foolishness
Foolishness denotes a division of wisdom and foolishness...
a division of knowledge and ignorance...
a division of smartness and dumbness...
a division of strong and weak...
a division of light and darkness...
a division of right and wrong...
Paul was obligated to both...
We are to sow seed without discrimination...
The wise think they have it all figured out...
However they have it figured out by the world and the things in it...
The strong think they have the upper-hand...
One who is strong outside the Lord will come to shame...
Paul’s testimony should speak to us because we were once foolish ourselves...
Many of us thought ourselves wise or strong in the world...
Men must stick with the truth...
Truth is determined by God...
Truth is God’s reality even when it is unseen...
In faith speak what is true and rational God’s testimony can be done without many words...
Speaking True and Rational Words
Paul tells Festus and Agrippa that he has not lost his mind...
Paul is only relaying simple facts...
There is no need for us to make up our salvation...
Paul chooses to stay in his right mind because it will save others.
the right mind in Christ others see as having lost our mind...
The world had it’s chance to know God by simple wisdom...
God was ignored in the power of His might...
Ignored and left in the evidence of the miraculous...
Now what remains for man is to heed the preaching of God’s mighty salvation...
Let the words of God penetrate to the inner man...
Listen with the heart that is not hard but open to the truth...
Fanciful myths nor cleverly devised tales will deliver men from sin...
Conclusion
Are you on trial today?
Have you been proclaiming the foolishness of the Gospel?
Do you know the true and rational words that saves the souls of men?
God’s Foolish Plan of Salvation
Hear His Foolishness
Believe His Foolishness
Repent of Worldly Wisdom
Confess Jesus the Simple Truth
An Act of Foolishness “Be Baptized”
Remain Steadfast in the Foolishness of God
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