Northeast Christian Church
UNCOMMON & IRONIC | Acts 21:27-36
A series through the book of Acts.
Locations & Times
Northeast Christian Church
2751 Patterson Rd, Grand Junction, CO 81506, United States
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
Give to Northeast!
1. Give online at this link: northeastchristian.org/give. 2. Text-to-give. Text an amount to: 970-644-6543 (if this is the first time, you'll need to follow the instructions for one-time setup).
https://give.church/md3y16iThey MISREPRESENT Paul's teaching
─"... This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place."
Acts 21:28a | ESV
─"... This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place."
Acts 21:28a | ESV
Same tactics used against STEPHEN
"... We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council, and they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law..."
Acts 6:11-13 | ESV
"... We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council, and they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law..."
Acts 6:11-13 | ESV
Same tactics used against JESUS
Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation..."
Luke 23:1-2 | ESV
Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation..."
Luke 23:1-2 | ESV
They ACCUSE Paul of DEFILING the temple
"Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place."
Acts 21:28b | ESV
"Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place."
Acts 21:28b | ESV
Temple Mount
Herod's Temple
Antonia Fortress
Treatment of Paul
• Rejected by his own people
• Arrested without cause and imprisoned
• Accused by false witnesses
• Beaten
• The victim of secret Jewish plots
• "Away with him!"
• Rejected by his own people
• Arrested without cause and imprisoned
• Accused by false witnesses
• Beaten
• The victim of secret Jewish plots
• "Away with him!"
Five Trials of PAUL
─ Antonia Fortress (22:1)
─ Supreme Jewish Council (23:1)
─ Felix (24:1)
─ Festus (25:1)
─ King Herod Agrippa (26:1)
Five Trials of JESUS
─ High Priest's house (Lk 22:54)
─ Supreme Jewish Council (Lk 22:66)
─ Pilate (Lk 23:1)
─ King Herod Antipas (Lk 23:7)
─ Pilate (Lk 23:11)
─ Antonia Fortress (22:1)
─ Supreme Jewish Council (23:1)
─ Felix (24:1)
─ Festus (25:1)
─ King Herod Agrippa (26:1)
Five Trials of JESUS
─ High Priest's house (Lk 22:54)
─ Supreme Jewish Council (Lk 22:66)
─ Pilate (Lk 23:1)
─ King Herod Antipas (Lk 23:7)
─ Pilate (Lk 23:11)
When people FOLLOW Jesus, eventually they will be PERSECUTED.
Irony
• Paul is at the temple trying to honor the law, when he's accused of defiling the temple.
• Paul is accused because he was trying to bring light to the Gentiles—the purpose for the Jews.
• Paul is at the temple trying to honor the law, when he's accused of defiling the temple.
• Paul is accused because he was trying to bring light to the Gentiles—the purpose for the Jews.
Irony
• The word "defiled" (koinoō) means "to make the holy, common. To make impure, or ceremonially defile."
• The word "defiled" (koinoō) means "to make the holy, common. To make impure, or ceremonially defile."
TAKE AWAY:
Live UNCOMMONLY. Embrace the IRONY.
Live UNCOMMONLY. Embrace the IRONY.