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Procrastination:
Do you ever put off things you know you need to get done?
In for we see a story of the worse form of procrastination, we are going to see The governor Felix put off coming to Christ.
Adrian Rogers said “It seems the largest category of those who are lost and who will not be saved are procrastinators.
They don’t intend to go to hell.
They sincerely intend to one day be saved.
But they won’t do it today.
They put off a decision to receive Christ now, thinking they will receive Him later on.
This sin of procrastination has blasted more dreams, blighted more lives, and damned more souls than perhaps any other sin.”
(pg 1251 Adrian Rogers Legacy Bible)
Are some of you procrastinating in coming to Christ?
The last time we where together.
God was moving in the middle of Paul’s trail.
Around 9:00 pm the Tribune sent Paul to Felix with an armed guard of 470 soldiers
The commander writes Felix the governor a letter explaining the situation and also confessing he finds Paul to be innocent.
In verse 35 Felix reads the letter and tells Paul that He will give Paul a hearing when his accusers arrive.
He sends Paul off to be guarded.
This is where we pick up in chapter 24
Paul has been waiting for 5 days for the the High Priest to arrive.
He finally does.
The high priest is the man who has already ordered Paul to be punched in the face.
He was the one that Paul called a white washed wall in chapter 23.
The elders where the ones I am sure where there that day when they saw all of this go down.
And they hired an attorney named Tertullus who is going to represent them before Felix
Tertullus stands before Felix and gives his opening statement.
First he talk of how great Felix is
This was common in those days.
Felix as I told you last week was a former slave.
He was corrupt, and was known for his violent use of repressive force
And this lawyer Tertullus pours it on strong.
Most of it being a lie.
We have enjoyed much peace (vs 2.)
You have brought great reforms to this nation (vs.2)
We are thankful for you.
(vs.3)
Second he brings the charges against Paul (vs.5)
Paul stirs up riots among all the Jews (vs.
5)
He is the leader of a sect nazarenes (vs.5)
He may have been called this because the Bible says by Nathanal “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
Profaned the temple (vs.6)
then in verse 8 Tertullus says you can see all of this by examining him.
Felix nods to Paul for him to speak.
He addresses Felix first acknowledging how he has judged for many years and that he makes his defense cheerfully.
Why was Paul cheerful to make a defense before Felix.
Don’t you find that odd?
Paul is in chains he is standing before the governor, the high priest has brought charges against him.
Paul could make his defense cheerfully because of the subject he is going
In verse 11 Paul says you can verify that in the last 12 days I went up to worship at Jerusalem.
He was not disputing with anyone or stirring up crowds
He had not been in Jerusalem long enough to cause a riot
In verse 14 He confesses that I am guilty of following the way.
I am guilty of following Jesus.
I am guilty of giving up being on the throne of my life for He is my king.
I am guilty of being in what you call this sect.
(cult.)
In verse 14 -16
Paul lays out the gospel to Felix the governor.
Paul says he worship the God of our fathers.
That he believes everything in the law and prophets
He says his Hope is in God,
I place my trust in God.
Do you put your trust in God?
I was listening to someone speak this past week and they said.
We trust God with our salvation.
We trust God with his shed blood being enough to cover our sins.
But then when it comes to the small details of our lives.
We want to be in control.
Paul here is saying I am placing my life, my situation, everything in Gods hands.
I trust Him
Paul then says by the way these men who have brought charges they accept all of this and they even believe there will be a resurrection of the just and the unjust.
Paul was right, the jewish people are right.
There is coming a day when their will be resurrection of the dead.
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There is coming a day when the dead in Christ will rise first.
Is your soul ready for that resurrection?
Have you accepted the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Have you made him your savior.
If not then dear person you are not ready for the resurrection of the dead.
The difference between the Jews and Paul was: Paul believed that his hope was found in Jesus and because of Jesus Paul could be among the righteous, the just during the resurrection.
But there is also a day when those who don’t believe in Jesus as their savior will stand in Judgement as well.
Which judgement will you be at.
In verse 16 Paul says so I always try to have a clear conscience toward God and man.
Paul had a clear conscience because Paul was a man of the word.
He studied the word
He followed the word
In verse 17 Paul lets Felix know why he came to Jerusalem.
In verse 17 Paul lets Felix know why he came to Jerusalem.
He came after being gone for several years to bring an offering back to help the church.
In verse 18 they find Paul purfiying himself in the temple.
While there purifying myself some Jews from Asia made some accusations.
Then Paul points out they are not here to testify.
In verse 21 Paul then confesses to sinning as we saw in chapter 23
Felix at this point stops the trial.
Felix had accurate knowledge of the the way.
It is not enough to have head knowledge.
It is not enough to have accurate knowledge of being a Christian.
You must have heart knowledge as well.
Even Satan and his demons have accurate knowledge of God.
Maybe you are like Felix this morning.
As you come to church you feel you have an accurate knowledge of the way.
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