August 11, 2024 / Filed Under: 2024 Messages

Acts: Paul is Presented to Felix

Title: Paul Is Presented to Felix

Text: Acts 23:12-35

Big Idea: God’s great interest is the small details of his kingdom and his people.

Outline:

1) Paul’s enemies plot to kill him. (vv. 12-15)

Question to consider: What promises from the past do you have for your current situation?

2) Paul’s nephew is used to deliver Paul. (vv. 16-21)

Question to consider: Who might God be using/sending in your life right now?

3) The Roman army is used to protect Jesus’ messenger. (vv. 22-35)

Question to consider: What personal details do you need to trust to God today?

God tells us, over and over again, to focus our starving souls on the superb reality of who He is, what He is doing, and what He promises to do for all who trust in Him.

And God’s invitation to glory in Him is nowhere more explicit than in the repeated command to ‘Behold.’

Justin O. Huffman invites us to meditate on ten of the occasions the command ‘Behold’ is used in the New Testament, and to feast on the wonderful truth we find there.

“Justin Huffman takes the familiar truths of Christ’s gospel and helps us to view them again with wonder—a sense of glory that both fascinates us and fills us with awe. Here is a book that focuses attention on Jesus and says, ‘Behold your God!’.”
—Joel Beeke

“Behold provides a corrective lens for us to see that there is more to life and invites us to satisfy our deep soul–hunger by feasting on Jesus, the Son of God.”
—Joel Morris