Alva Baptist Church

Acts 22 Testimony Part 3

Paul Testifies before Felix

Acts 22 Testimony Part 4

Paul Testifies before Festus

 

Acts 22 Testimony Part 5

Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts:
and be ready always to give an answer
to every one that asks of you a reason for the hope that is in you

Acts 22 Testimony Part 6

Paul's Testimony before King Agrippa

Acts 22 Identity Part 1

In the midst of need and want;
in the midst of the expectations and anxieties of life;
we make our prayers and petitions WITH THANKSGIVING!
To the risen Lord, to Him who seated on the throne of Heaven.

We appeal to a God who hears, and cares, and comes,
and brings us through it all.
Knowing this brings peace.
Philippians 4: 6-7

Acts 22 Identity Part 2

How have you changed, since you became a Christian?

What about your identity is different?

The people who knew you then,
what would they say about the person you are now?
What about you now, is different
from who you were, in the last season of your life?

Acts 22 Identity Part 3

The scripture teaches about changed people, who follow God;
People who hear from God

Acts 22 Identity Part 4

People who ask, are answered by God
(whether the answer is 'yes' or 'no' or 'wait').

How is it that God's response is both:
1. unique to each hearer,
AND
2. the same across all hearers?

Acts 22 Identity Part 5

How do you think differently
since hearing, recently, from God;
about how you should be?

Acts 22 Identity Part 6

Do we modern-day Christians attempt to 'take-the-edge-off' of,
or somehow mitigate the impact of unique expressions of faith, and witness, and testimony?
Are we concerned that we will look odd, or somehow become irrelevant,
because of any 'peculiar' way in which God is expressing Himself today?

How does this affect the specific message of Christ to specific people?