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I am going to finish what I started weeks ago regarding the life of Paul. Collectively I chose to teach on
• Acts 16; Being in the Right Place Right Time
• Acts 17; God’s Incredible Opportunity
• Acts 25; The Marks of Spiritual Discernment

Illustration: Pinball Machine

Discerning situations with God’s help is like that tilt mechanism - Discernment gives us wisdom before the circumstances around us TILT.

What is discernment? Webster defines:
The quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure. - that really clears it up for us doesn’t it?

There is no better teacher of discernment than the Apostle Paul.

This is a narrative, a story, designed to help us see basic truths in action - in this case - through the life of Paul.

Background - we are in the Summer of 59AD - Paul is in Caesarea, in jail for 2 yrs - This is the Roman Capital of the Middle East - Paul was sent there after the Jews tried to kill him.

The Governor at the time was Felix who could find no charges against Paul but to keep peace with the Jewish leaders kept him in prison.

Felix does such an awful job that Rome removes him and places Governor Festus in his place.

I. The Religious Hatred for Christians

What was once an original plot by 40 men - now 2 yrs later - has become official policy - Festus is new and under pressure by Jewish Leaders to keep peace and do them a favor.

We live in a day that Christians need only take a bibli-cal or conservative point of view on any topic and be prepared to subject yourself to passionate disagreement or worse.

We must remember that the resistance aimed at us from the opposing view is really not aimed at us personally, but at the foundation of what we believe.

Matthew 5:10-12;Blessed are those who are perse-cuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

A. Discernment may create difficult choices

The Jewish leaders must have thought, we have got him now. Festus was a young Governor, a naive Governor, he had no idea about their plotting or to even suspect a plot against Paul.

Paul’s spiritual discernment kicked in - he sensed some-thing was wrong.

Special rights for Roman Citizens; right to appeal to Caesar himself if so desired.

B. Discernment protects us


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