“Divine Ambassadors” | March 21, 2021

Acts 26:4-23
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I.     “The Proud”
 
 
Matthew 27:11-26, Romans 8:28, Eze. 34:15-16
Ezekiel 36:24-26; Jeremiah 31:31-33; Ro. 3:25; Hb 2:17
1 John 2:2; 4:10; Ez. 34:8-10
Acts 26:4-8; Gal. 1:13; Ac. 13:32; 17:3; 22:3; 
Philippians 3:3-6; 2 Tim. 3:5;
Acts 7:58-60; Lk. 23:34; 
Acts 8:1-3; Ro. 1:32; Matt. 10:22-23
 

 II.     “The Distracted”
 
 
Acts 26:9-11; 1 Tim. 1:13-15; Ac. 9:1-2, 14, 21
Matt. 27:24; Ro. 2:28-29
John 16:2-4 
 

III.     “The Spared”
 
 
Acts 26:12-23; Ez. 2:1; Dan. 10:11; Ac. 22:14-15
Isaiah 35:5; 42:7; Ac. 5:30-32; 15:9-10; 20:32
Acts 2:38; 14:15; Eph. 6:13; Lk. 2:32; 
Acts 9:15-18; Ez. 36:25-26; 34:15-16; 37:1-14
Acts 26:18
2 Corinthians 3:2-6; Matt. 16:16; Ex. 24:12; Ez. 11:19
Ezekiel 36:26; Jeremiah 31:33; Heb. 8:10; Eph. 2:8
John 6:63; Ro. 8:2
2Corinthians 5:17-21; Malachi 2:7; Ez. 34; 36; 37
Acts 26:18
 
Word Study:
GK: witness: martus: mar-toos; a witness (lit. judicially) or figuratively (by analogy) “a martyr”: - martyr, witness; an allusion to those who witness a public game (Hebrews 12:1), especially those who witnessed the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, who bear witness to the Truth as it is in Jesus (Lk. 24:48, Ac. 1:8, 22; 2:32, Ac. 5:32; 26:16; 2 Tim. 2:2); so of one who bears witness for God, and testifies to the world what God reveals through him i.e. a teacher, a prophet (Rev. 1:5; 3:14; 11:3)
 
The OT - Jesus Concealed; the Gospels - Jesus Revealed; 
The Epistles - Jesus Explained; Revelation - Jesus Expected.