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Acts 25, 17-19 There are certain defining moments that fundamentally change the future of an individual, a movement, a nation, or even the world.
In our personal lives, the moment could be as significant as meeting our future spouse or accepting the entry-level position that leads to a lifetime career.
It may involve a pivotal decision or an unexpected crisis.
Whatever the specifics, most of us can look back and identify a handful of events in our lives that changed us and our future in a dramatic way.
As Christians, our experience of salvation would be first.
In a broader form, multiple defining moments in history have shaped our world.
Some of these events occurred in a single day, some spanned a century or more.
Some affected only a country or two, while others touched every continent around the globe and brought about a completely new way of thinking.
Included are the Renaissance, the invention of Gutenberg's printing press, the Protestant Reformation, the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the two World Wars.
While there is no question that all of these events radically affected our world, the most defining moment in history was the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave.
In our text today, the stage was set for Paul to proclaim the doctrine of the resurrection before Festus, Agrippa, and Bernice in his last message recorded in Acts.
Just as witnesses and historical records confirm that notable world events took place, witnesses and historical records attest to the reality of Jesus' resurrection.
Paul boldly testified to it, declaring at various times in his ministry and epistles that if Jesus Christ was not raised, then preaching is vain, our faith is ineffective, we are yet in our sins, the dead perish without hope, and Christians who are alive are of all men most miserable, 1 Corinthians 15, 19, having no hope beyond the grave.
Now the question is this, what will we do with the reality of the resurrection? Some people, like the religious leaders of Paul's day, will try to ignore or discount the event.
Others, however, will acknowledge the defining nature of that long prophesied and amazing occurrence and worship Jesus Christ as their risen Lord.
Let us purpose to be among the latter, to cherish and uphold the doctrine of Christ's resurrection, and like Paul, to be faithful in proclaiming it.
Acts 25, 17-19 There are certain defining moments that fundamentally change the future of an individual, a movement, a nation, or even the world.
In our personal lives, the moment could be as significant as meeting our future spouse or accepting the entry-level position that leads to a lifetime career.
It may involve a pivotal decision or an unexpected crisis.
Whatever the specifics, most of us can look back and identify a handful of events in our lives that changed us and our future in a dramatic way.
As Christians, our experience of salvation would be first.
In a broader form, multiple defining moments in history have shaped our world.
Some of these events occurred in a single day, some spanned a century or more.
Some affected only a country or two, while others touched every continent around the globe and brought about a completely new way of thinking.
Included are the Renaissance, the invention of Gutenberg's printing press, the Protestant Reformation, the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the two World Wars.
While there is no question that all of these events radically affected our world, the most defining moment in history was the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave.
In our text today, the stage was set for Paul to proclaim the doctrine of the resurrection before Festus, Agrippa, and Bernice in his last message recorded in Acts.
Just as witnesses and historical records confirm that notable world events took place, witnesses and historical records attest to the reality of Jesus' resurrection.
Paul boldly testified to it, declaring at various times in his ministry and epistles that if Jesus Christ was not raised, then preaching is vain, our faith is ineffective, we are yet in our sins, the dead perish without hope, and Christians who are alive are of all men most miserable, 1 Corinthians 15, 19, having no hope beyond the grave.
Now the question is this, what will we do with the reality of the resurrection? Some people, like the religious leaders of Paul's day, will try to ignore or discount the event.
Others, however, will acknowledge the defining nature of that long prophesied and amazing occurrence and worship Jesus Christ as their risen Lord.
Let us purpose to be among the latter, to cherish and uphold the doctrine of Christ's resurrection, and like Paul, to be faithful in proclaiming it.
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