Resurrection is everything. Paul had a lot of time to think between his various court appearances. And as he pondered his defense, and what was really being charged against him, and the ramifications of the gospel, he distilled the matter to one point: the dead will rise. And Jesus is not only the Resurrected One, but the Resurrector of all - for one destination or the other. Here's Part 2 of Jim's sermon, Seizing the Opportunities that Come with Difficulties.

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Festus said, "I may have been born at night, but it wasn't last night." When a new administration comes in, unscrupulous people can take advantage of the lack of historical information. The incoming ruler must move cautiously until he learns the lay of the land. The Roman governor Festus wasn't going to have the wool pulled over his eyes, if he could help it. And he made a historic decision. Today Jim begins his final sermon in our Acts series: It's called, Seizing the Opportunities that Come with Difficulties.

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Murder in the name of God? When Paul came to Jerusalem, we knew it was only a matter of time before he would run afoul of the Jewish authorities. As we're reading Acts 23, now the Roman authorities are involved, too. And apparently the Sanhedrin despaired of winning their case at law, because some of them - more than 40 - planned to take matters into their own hands. But everything was in God's hands, as always. Here's Jim with the third-and-final part of his sermon called, The Roman Trial of Heaven's Ambassador.

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Is Jesus God? Paul shouts that he's on trial for "the hope of the resurrection of the dead." And that hope doesn't just split the Sanhedrin in two; it divides the world. If Jesus not only laid down His life for us but took it up again, as He put it, then He's more than just a human being. We pick up Acts 23 after Paul has received a slap, and given the High Priest back his change. Here's Jim with Part 2 of The Roman Trial of Heaven's Ambassador.

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In our culture there are certain things - true things - that you're not allowed to say. Just like in Paul's day. The Sanhedrin would have made a good editorial board for one of our social media platforms; apparently their plan was to censor Christianity out of existence. And maybe their biggest red flag was race. If you said that God was "color blind," and loved even the Gentiles - well, that was over the line. Here's Jim with Part 1 of, The Roman Trial of Heaven's Ambassador.

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It's said that "A lie will go 'round the world while truth is pulling its boots on." There was "fake news" even in the first century, and the fakest was that Paul was persuading Jews to abandon their religious identity. How does one combat a lie like that? Well, the church elders in Jerusalem had an idea. ... We're hearing the second half of Pastor Jim's sermon, Obedient, No Matter the Cost.

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"Is this the hill you want to die on?" It's good to be reminded that not all arguments have to be won, that not all causes are worth the ultimate sacrifice. Paul had picked his final battle. Though it grieved those who loved him, he knew the hill he wanted to die on - or the 7 hills, we could say. In our study today, we'll make it to Jerusalem with Paul and company.

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"The buck stops here." There's nowhere else for it to go. As Paul said goodbye for the last time to the overseers and shepherds of the church in Ephesus, he charged them - not some distant, religious bureaucrats - to guard their sheep from wolves. The government of the early church was simple, personal, and local. We're in Acts, chapter 20, overhearing the parting words of the great Apostle to some dear brothers. Today Pastor Jim will close his sermon, To Finish My Course - Paul.

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Paul knew he had started the last lap of his race. When Jesus had set His face toward Jerusalem, His disciples didn't understand what would happen there. When Paul started his final trip toward that same city, his disciples and friends knew it was a death march. And it was heartbreaking. Jim promised we would see a Riot, a Resurrection and a Revival in Acts 19. We'll begin today with the riot in Ephesus. Here's the middle segment of the sermon, To Finish My Course - Paul.

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"Believe whatever you like - as long as it doesn't affect my business!" Paul's attack on the goddess Diana, or Artemis, wasn't just a religious insult to the Ephesians; it must have wounded their civic pride - and most importantly, it was going to take food off their tables. Something had to be done! There was only one problem: Paul wasn't blaspheming their goddess. As we move forward in Acts 19, Pastor Jim opens a message called, To Finish My Course - Paul.

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