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Paul: a legal case study The hard question: Paul, an apostle The hard question: WHAT DO YOU WANT? Paul, an apostle Paul, an apostle FREEDOM Paul, an apostle FAME FREEDOM Paul, an apostle FAME FREEDOM Paul, an apostle FORTUNE FAME

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Paul: a legal case study

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Paul, an apostle

The hard question:

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The hard question:

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

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Paul, an apostle

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FREEDOM

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FREEDOM FAME

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FREEDOM FAME FORTUNE

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FREEDOM FAME FORTUNE

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FREEDOM FAME FORTUNE

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Paul, an apostle

FREEDOM FAME FORTUNE

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FREEDOM FAME FORTUNE

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FREEDOM FAME FORTUNE

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FREEDOM

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FREEDOM Roman imprisonment was no Mayberry

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FREEDOM

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FREEDOM Never intended for long term stays

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FREEDOM Never intended for long term stays Crumbs for food

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FREEDOM Never intended for long term stays Crumbs for food Chains

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Paul, an apostle

The hard question:

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

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Paul, an apostle

The hard question:

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

“FREEDOM!”

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The hard question:

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

“FREEDOM!”

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Paul, an apostle

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Paul got to talk to high Roman rulers about Jesus as Messiah

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Paul, an apostle

Timeline of Relevant Events and History

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Timeline of Relevant Events and History

40AD 50AD 60AD

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Timeline of Relevant Events and History

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41-54 Claudius is Emperor

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Timeline of Relevant Events and History

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41-54 Claudius is Emperor 54-68 Nero is Emperor

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Timeline of Relevant Events and History

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41-54 Claudius is Emperor 54-68 Nero is Emperor 48-52 Cumanus is Rome’s procurator for Judea

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Paul, an apostle

Timeline of Relevant Events and History

40AD 50AD 60AD

41-54 Claudius is Emperor 54-68 Nero is Emperor 48-52 Cumanus is Rome’s procurator for Judea 52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea

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Timeline of Relevant Events and History

40AD 50AD 60AD 57AD

41-54 Claudius is Emperor 54-68 Nero is Emperor 48-52 Cumanus is Rome’s procurator for Judea 52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea Paul’s arrest

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52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea

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Marcus Antonius Felix 52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea

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Marcus Antonius Felix 52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea

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52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea Marcus Antonius Felix

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52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea Marcus Antonius Felix Appointed by Caesar

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52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea Marcus Antonius Felix Appointed by Caesar Married up (3X’s)

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52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea Marcus Antonius Felix Appointed by Caesar Married up (3X’s)

“Antonius Felix, practiced every kind of cruelty and lust, wielding the power of a king with all the instincts of a slave; he had married Drusilla, the granddaughter of Cleopatra and Antony, and so was Antony’s grandson-in-law” -Tacitus

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52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea Marcus Antonius Felix Appointed by Caesar Married up (3X’s)

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52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea Marcus Antonius Felix Appointed by Caesar Married up (3X’s) Drusilla was Jewish and the king’s sister

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52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea Marcus Antonius Felix Appointed by Caesar Married up (3X’s) Drusilla was Jewish and the king’s sister

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52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea Marcus Antonius Felix

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52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea Marcus Antonius Felix Consider the familiarity of Paul’s defense (Acts 24:10)

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52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea Marcus Antonius Felix Consider the familiarity of Paul’s defense (Acts 24:10) Paul never paid the “fine,” Paul was working to bring Felix (and Drusilla) to faith! (Acts 24:24-26)

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FREEDOM FAME FORTUNE

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Consider Paul in Athens

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Paul in the Agora

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Paul in the Agora

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Materialists

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Materialists Truth only from reasoning

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Materialists Truth only from reasoning Happiness is life’s highest goal

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Materialists Truth only from reasoning Happiness is life’s highest goal No life after death

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Materialists Truth only from reasoning Happiness is life’s highest goal No life after death Materialists

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Materialists Truth only from reasoning Happiness is life’s highest goal No life after death Materialists Non-emotional

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Materialists Truth only from reasoning Happiness is life’s highest goal No life after death Materialists Non-emotional

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Paul in the Agora

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Paul in the Agora

Acts 17:18ff

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Epicureans and stoics believed the purpose in life was achieving happiness by moderating expectations

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Epicureans and stoics believed the purpose in life was achieving happiness by moderating expectations Paul taught the purpose in life was finding and knowing God, thereby gaining peace

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Paul got to talk to high Roman rulers about Jesus as Messiah

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Paul, an apostle

Timeline of Relevant Events and History

50AD 57AD 41-54 Claudius is Emperor 54-68 Nero is Emperor 48-52 Cumanus is Rome’s procurator for Judea 52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea

Paul’s arrest

60AD

40AD

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Paul, an apostle

Timeline of Relevant Events and History

50AD 57AD 41-54 Claudius is Emperor 54-68 Nero is Emperor 48-52 Cumanus is Rome’s procurator for Judea 52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea

Paul’s arrest

60AD 59-62 Festus is Rome’s procurator for Judea

40AD

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Timeline of Relevant Events and History

50AD 57AD 41-54 Claudius is Emperor 54-68 Nero is Emperor 48-52 Cumanus is Rome’s procurator for Judea 52-59 Felix is Rome’s procurator for Judea

Paul’s arrest

60AD 59-62 Festus is Rome’s procurator for Judea

& incarceration 40AD

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Paul got to talk to high Roman rulers about Jesus as Messiah

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Points for home

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Points for home

“Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense” (Acts 24:10)

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Points for home

“Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense” (Acts 24:10)

The importance of relationships

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Points for home

“At the same time he hoped that money would be given him by Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him” (Acts 24:26).

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“At the same time he hoped that money would be given him by Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him” (Acts 24:26).

Why settle for money?

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“He is actually not far from each

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move and have our being;’ as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For indeed we are his offspring’” (Acts 17:28)

Points for home

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“He is actually not far from each

  • ne of us, for, ‘In him we live and

move and have our being;’ as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For indeed we are his offspring’” (Acts 17:28)

The greatest happiness comes from finding God, not lowering expectations

Points for home