Nov. 17, 2024
TEXT: Acts 24:1-16

Introduction: Acts 21-23
I. Respectful address to authority (v. 16)
A. Genuinely speaking not manipulating with flattery
B. Honestly addressing authority
C. Truthfully giving testimony of actions

II. Understandable explanation of behavior (vv. 11-13)
A. Giving accurate details for understanding (v. 11a)
B. Giving specific purpose for actions (v. 11b)
C. Giving truthful refute to false information (vv. 12-13)

III. Clear confession of faith (v. 14)
A. Admitting to the truth of faith in God and His Word
B. Embracing as the truth of God that others may deny
C. Agreeing with what God says in His Word completely

IV. Eternal hope of the believer (v. 15)
A. Hope toward God because of who He is
B. Hope toward God because of what He has said in His Scriptures
C. Hope toward God because of His eternal truth about eternity

VI. Goal of every true believer (v. 16, 22-27)
A. Exercising ourselves spiritually
1. Personally — “herein do I”
2. Spiritually— “I exercise myself”
Training in the truth of God’s Word
Striving against our fleshly appetites
Disciplining ourselves to yield to the Holy Spirit (I Timothy 4:7-8; II Peter 1:3)
3. Individually
B. Maintaining a clear conscience personally
1. Toward God
2. Toward man
C. Honoring God in each circumstance and situation (vv. 22-27)