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0:00Acts chapter 21 [music] verse 1.
0:03When we had departed from them and had
0:05set sail,
0:07we ran a straight course to Cos
0:10and the next day to [music] Rhodes and
0:12from there to Patara.
0:15And having found a ship crossing over to
0:17Phoenicia,
0:18we went aboard and set sail.
0:21When we came in sight of Cyprus,
0:24leaving it on the left, we kept sailing
0:26[music] to Syria and landed at Tyre.
0:30For there the ship was to unload its
0:32cargo.
0:33After looking up the disciples, [music]
0:35we stayed there 7 days and they kept
0:38telling Paul through the spirit not to
0:41set foot in Jerusalem.
0:44So,
0:46this is a little bit confusing.
0:49>> [music]
0:49>> The believers in every city are warning
0:52Paul
0:53of what's coming in Jerusalem.
0:56And even here through the spirit,
0:58they're seeing what's coming.
1:01But to see that trouble is coming by the
1:04gift of the spirit is not necessarily to
1:08know that you shouldn't go into that
1:10trouble if the spirit has sent you
1:12there.
1:13So, these people are using their gift of
1:15the spirit to say trouble is coming.
1:17Paul is saying, "I know it's coming, but
1:20that same Holy Spirit is telling me to
1:22go."
1:26When our days
1:27>> [music]
1:27>> were ended, we left and started on our
1:30journey while they all with wives and
1:33children escorted us until we were out
1:36of the city.
1:37After kneeling down on the beach and
1:40praying,
1:40>> [music]
1:41>> we said farewell to one another.
1:44Then we went on board the ship and they
1:46returned home again.
1:49When we had finished the voyage from
1:50Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais
1:53>> [music]
1:54>> and after greeting the brethren, we
1:56stayed with them for a day.
1:58On the next day we left and came to
2:01Caesarea.
2:03And entering the house of Philip the
2:05evangelist, who was one of the seven, we
2:08stayed with him.
2:10Remember that Philip the evangelist is
2:13one of the seven [music] deacons who was
2:15first appointed.
2:17But he's the one who brought the gospel
2:18[music]
2:19to Samaria and who won over the first
2:22Ethiopian on the road to Gaza.
2:25And now he's called Philip the
2:27evangelist.
2:28It shows that even if God calls you to
2:31one place of ministry as [music] a
2:32deacon, it can grow into something else.
2:38We stayed in the house of Philip the
2:39evangelist, who was one of the seven.
2:42Now this man had four virgin daughters
2:45who were prophetesses.
2:48As we were staying there for some days,
2:51a prophet named Agabus came down from
2:53Judea.
2:55Now it's very important that
2:58Luke tells us that Philip the evangelist
3:00had four daughters who were
3:02prophetesses.
3:04That means that they were prophesying in
3:07the church. That doesn't mean that they
3:09were holding an office of ministry, but
3:13they had a ministry.
3:15And this is important to think about as
3:18we try to interpret Paul's instruction
3:20that women should not speak in church.
3:23We have to bear in mind that these four
3:26women clearly were speaking in church.
3:28They're prophesying. So, how we balance
3:31that will become a topic in future
3:35discussions.
3:38As we were staying there for some days,
3:40a prophet named Agabus came down from
3:42Judea. Now Agabus is the one who
3:45prophesied of the fire and famine that
3:48came already and he He accurate in his
3:51prophecy.
3:53Notice that it doesn't say that Agabus
3:56is a man who did some prophesying. He's
3:59a prophet.
4:01And coming to us, he took Paul's belt
4:04and bound his own feet and hands
4:07and said, "This is what the Holy Spirit
4:10says,
4:12in this way the Jews at Jerusalem will
4:15bind the man who owns this belt and
4:18deliver him into the hands of the
4:20Gentiles."
4:23So, God is wanting Paul to know what
4:26he's going to face in Jerusalem.
4:29But Paul is not shrinking back from
4:31going so long as he feels that the Lord
4:34is sending him.
4:36The warning of what is coming
4:39does not decide whether it should happen
4:41or not, just that we be prepared for
4:43when it happens.
4:46When we had heard this,
4:48we as well as the local residents began
4:51begging him not to go to Jerusalem.
4:54So, now Luke uses the word we.
4:58It's not just the local people.
5:00It's we. All of his companions who trap
5:03who are traveling with him, they were
5:05saying, "Paul, don't go to Jerusalem."
5:09Then Paul answered,
5:11"What are you doing?
5:13Weeping and breaking my heart.
5:16For I am ready
5:18not only to be bound,
5:21but even to die at Jerusalem for the
5:24name of the Lord Jesus."
5:26He told the Ephesus elders, "I do not
5:28consider my life as of any account to
5:31me.
5:33My mission is not to protect myself."
5:35Now, he's saying, "I am ready to be
5:38bound not only, but also to die.
5:42Why are you making this harder than it
5:44needs to be?"
5:46And since he would not be persuaded,
5:49we fell silent,
5:51remarking,
5:52"The will of the Lord be done."
5:57After these days, we got ready and
6:00started on our way to Jerusalem.
6:03Some of the disciples from Caesarea also
6:06came with us, taking us to Mnason of
6:09Cyprus,
6:11a disciple of long standing, with whom
6:14we were to lodge.
6:16After we arrived in Jerusalem, the
6:19brethren received us gladly.
6:22And the following day, Paul went in with
6:25us to James, and all the elders were
6:28present.
6:30After he had greeted them, he began to
6:33relate one by one the things which God
6:36had done among the Gentiles through his
6:39ministry.
6:41And when they heard it, they began
6:43glorifying God.
6:45And they said to him,
6:47"You see, brother, how many thousands
6:49there are among the Jews of those who
6:52have believed? And they are all zealous
6:54for the law.
6:56And they have been told about you that
6:58you are teaching all the Jews who are
7:01among the Gentiles to forsake Moses,
7:03telling them not to circumcise their
7:05children nor to walk according to the
7:08customs.
7:10What then is to be done? They will
7:12certainly hear that you have come.
7:15Therefore,
7:16do this that we tell you.
7:18We have four men who are under a vow.
7:22Take them and purify yourself along with
7:24them, and pay their expenses, so that
7:28they may shave their heads, and all will
7:30know that there is nothing to the things
7:34which they have been told about you,
7:36but that you yourself also walk orderly,
7:40keeping the law.
7:42But concerning the Gentiles who have
7:44believed, we wrote, having decided that
7:47they should abstain from meat sacrificed
7:50to idols, from blood, and from what is
7:53strangled, and from fornication.
7:55Then Paul took the men and the next day
7:59purifying himself along with them, went
8:02into the temple giving notice of the
8:05completion of the days of purification
8:08until the sacrifice was offered for each
8:10one of them.
8:12So, what's happening here? Paul had a
8:15revelation
8:17about the role that the law was no
8:19longer playing in our salvation.
8:23And when he had that revelation, he went
8:25privately and spoke with Peter and James
8:28about it.
8:29But then when they told him it was the
8:31truth and that he was not running in
8:33vain, he preached that revelation in
8:35Antioch. And in Antioch, some of the
8:38Jews who were also Christians said, "Oh,
8:41no, you can't be saved unless you're
8:43circumcised." So, there was a dispute,
8:47and that dispute occurred in Acts 15,
8:49and it was brought to the senior
8:51eldership in
8:54Jerusalem.
8:55And in that debate, there was a lot of
8:58conversation, a lot of disagreement, and
9:00the Lord spoke through Peter and James,
9:03the two men that Paul had conferred with
9:05beforehand. And they explained that this
9:08was the will of God that the Gentiles be
9:11included in salvation. And they told the
9:13Gentiles that they, the Gentiles, didn't
9:15have to observe the law.
9:18But the Jews kept abiding by the law.
9:24But there's a word that Paul does not.
9:28And so,
9:30the church is in a journey.
9:33Just like they first didn't think that
9:35it was okay to bring Cornelius into the
9:37church, and then they changed and
9:39accepted that.
9:40And then they thought all the Gentiles
9:42needed to be circumcised, and then they
9:44changed and accepted that they did not.
9:47Well, even now, they're they're still
9:50too attached to the law. They're living
9:53in a time where the temple is still
9:55standing, and the cultural gravity, the
10:00the weight of the traditions is so
10:02powerful that they're abiding by the law
10:05pretty rigidly. So, they're a bunch of
10:08Christians
10:10who have a background in Judaism, who
10:12are Jewish by tradition and by
10:14ethnicity. And when Paul comes to
10:17Jerusalem, James and the other elders
10:18say,
10:19"These Christians are going to get very
10:21offended at you because they hear that
10:24you're saying that even the Jews don't
10:25have to abide by the law."
10:28And so, they want him to show that he
10:30still keeps the customs.
10:33Now,
10:34Paul does this because he's willing to
10:37surrender his freedom
10:39to help his brothers.
10:41But in his other teachings, he's going
10:43to show unequivocally
10:46that circumcision is nothing.
10:49He's going to show unequivocally
10:52that that old law and system is fading
10:55away, temporary as it was, that it has
10:58no glory, that it is no longer part of
11:01God's plan.
11:03But what is part of God's plan is to
11:06love your brother,
11:08to show honor and respect, and to
11:10conform as much as depends on you if it
11:13doesn't cause you to compromise.
11:15So, he shaves his head, he pays the
11:18ritual price,
11:20he goes through the ceremonial
11:22purification, and he he calms the fears
11:26of the Jewish Christians who are afraid
11:29that he's becoming too free. He's too
11:31too liberal. So, he calms their fears
11:34and goes through the motions. But, he's
11:36going to later give teaching, especially
11:38in Hebrews, that is going to completely
11:41clarify that this law plays no part in
11:46our relationship of salvation with God.
11:50When the seven days were almost over,
11:53the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him,
11:56Paul, in the temple, began to stir up
11:59all the crowd and laid hands on him cuz
12:02they know what he was teaching in the
12:04synagogues.
12:06Crying out, "Men of Israel, come to our
12:10aid. This is the man who preaches to all
12:14men everywhere against our people and
12:17the law and this place. And besides, he
12:21has even brought Greeks into the temple
12:24and has defiled this holy place."
12:29For they had previously seen
12:32Trophimus, the Ephesian, in the city
12:35with him and they supposed that Paul had
12:38brought him into the temple.
12:40But, Paul didn't.
12:42Then, all the city was provoked and the
12:45people rushed together and taking hold
12:47of Paul, they dragged him out of the
12:50temple and immediately the doors were
12:52shut.
12:54The temple doors have to be shut in
12:56order for them to purify the temple if
12:58Paul brought a Greek into the temple.
13:02While they were seeking to kill him,
13:06a report came up to the commander of the
13:08Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in
13:12confusion.
13:14At once, he took along some soldiers and
13:17centurions and ran down to them.
13:20And when they saw the commander and the
13:21soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
13:26So, they're going to beat him to death
13:28had the police not showed up on the
13:30site.
13:32Then the commander came up and took hold
13:34of him
13:35ordering him to be bound with two chains
13:38and he began asking who he was and what
13:41he had done.
13:43But among the crowd, some were shouting
13:46one thing and some another.
13:48>> [music]
13:48>> And when he could not find out the facts
13:51because of the uproar, he ordered him to
13:54be brought into the barracks.
13:57When he got to [music] the stairs, he
14:00was carried by the soldiers because of
14:02the violence of the mob.
14:07They are
14:08screaming and lashing and trying to beat
14:11[music] him to death.
14:13And the soldiers have to pick up
14:15small Paul
14:17>> [music]
14:17>> and carry him along so that he is not
14:20torn to pieces by the mob.
14:24For the multitude of the people kept
14:27following them shouting, "Away with him.
14:30Away with him."
14:32It's what they said about Jesus.
14:35As Paul was about to be brought into the
14:37barracks, he said to the commander, "May
14:40I say something to you?"
14:42And he said,
14:43"Do you know Greek?
14:45Then you are not the Egyptian who
14:47sometime [music] ago stirred up a revolt
14:50and led the 4,000 men of the assassins
14:53out into the wilderness."
14:55But Paul said, [music]
14:56"I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia,
15:00a citizen of no insignificant city.
15:04And I beg you, allow me to speak to the
15:07people."
15:09Paul
15:10is in a mob that is trying to tear him
15:12to pieces.
15:14He doesn't see this as a calamity. He
15:17[music] sees it as an opportunity.
15:19When he had given him when the Centurion
15:21had given him permission, Paul, standing
15:24on the stairs, motioned to the people
15:26with [music] his hand.
15:28And when there was a great hush,
15:32he spoke to them [music] in the Hebrew
15:33dialect, saying,
15:36And then we have to go to [music]
15:37chapter 22.

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