PAUL SETS OUT FOR JERUSALEM
Passage: Acts 21:1~16
Keyverse: 13
1. They urged Paul not to go (1-11)
Paul was going to Jerusalem with an offering from the Gentile
churches. It was a testimony of God's work among the Gentile believers. In each
place he went to along the way he was urged by the believers-even through the
Holy Spirit-not to go to Jerusalem because of what awaited him. In Caesarea, he
stayed with Philip the evangelist. The prophet Agabus came, took Paul's belt,
and demonstrated how the Jews in Jerusalem would bind Paul and hand him over to
the Gentiles.
2. I am ready to die for the name of Jesus (12-16)
Paul would not be dissuaded, even by the pleading of the
disciples. He knew that hardships awaited him, but he would go to Jerusalem
even if it meant being bound or dying-all for the name of the Lord Jesus. His
friends gave up and said, "The Lord's will be done." Doing all things
for the Lord Jesus is surely God's will.
Prayer: Lord, raise leaders like Paul, who are ready to do all
things for the name of Jesus.
One Word: Ready to die for Jesus
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