SHARING YOUR STORY WITH THOSE CLOSEST TO YOU (1 OF 2)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Acts 22:1-29
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Sharing Your Story With Those Closest to You (1 of 2)
Series: Using Your Story to Tell His Story
Scott Maze
Acts 22:1-29
I'm excited about Sujo John joining us later this month - I hope you'll invite a friend to join us for our fourth of July celebration. Today is a special day in our family as our only daughter graduates - we are really proud of this young lady!
To know Jesus is to have a story of how you came to know Jesus. This story is often referred to as your ''testimony.'' In fact, if you are saved you have a testimony or a story. Your personal story matters; the personal details of how you came to Christ matter. The change Christ makes in your life matters. Again, your personal story matters. As the summer kicks off, I want us to focus on telling our personal story in order to tell His story. Over the next few weeks, I want everyone to be able to tell their story with greater confidence. Again, your testimony is your story of how you became a Christian.
Luke, the author of Acts, describes three long missionary trips for Paul and then he describes five trials for Paul beginning in Acts 22. But the first of these is our story today where he is before a Jewish rioting crowd at the north-west corner of the temple area. These five trials include speeches from Paul. In all, these stories occupy around 200 verses or six chapters in your Bibles. Watch how Paul shares his story. Notice how he is able to use his story to tell the story of Jesus. My prayer is that you and I will use our story to tell His story.
Background to Today's Story
This incident begins way back in the middle of chapter 21. Paul has come back to Jerusalem, and he's well-known for teaching that the Mosaic law, the ceremonial laws, the dietary laws, and the sacrifices in the temple, doesn't really make you clean before God. It was also well known that he was saying Gentiles could come in and believe in the Messiah, Jesus Christ, and not have to adopt any of ...
Series: Using Your Story to Tell His Story
Scott Maze
Acts 22:1-29
I'm excited about Sujo John joining us later this month - I hope you'll invite a friend to join us for our fourth of July celebration. Today is a special day in our family as our only daughter graduates - we are really proud of this young lady!
To know Jesus is to have a story of how you came to know Jesus. This story is often referred to as your ''testimony.'' In fact, if you are saved you have a testimony or a story. Your personal story matters; the personal details of how you came to Christ matter. The change Christ makes in your life matters. Again, your personal story matters. As the summer kicks off, I want us to focus on telling our personal story in order to tell His story. Over the next few weeks, I want everyone to be able to tell their story with greater confidence. Again, your testimony is your story of how you became a Christian.
Luke, the author of Acts, describes three long missionary trips for Paul and then he describes five trials for Paul beginning in Acts 22. But the first of these is our story today where he is before a Jewish rioting crowd at the north-west corner of the temple area. These five trials include speeches from Paul. In all, these stories occupy around 200 verses or six chapters in your Bibles. Watch how Paul shares his story. Notice how he is able to use his story to tell the story of Jesus. My prayer is that you and I will use our story to tell His story.
Background to Today's Story
This incident begins way back in the middle of chapter 21. Paul has come back to Jerusalem, and he's well-known for teaching that the Mosaic law, the ceremonial laws, the dietary laws, and the sacrifices in the temple, doesn't really make you clean before God. It was also well known that he was saying Gentiles could come in and believe in the Messiah, Jesus Christ, and not have to adopt any of ...
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