“In All Things God Works…” (Part 2 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
4.8 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Paul’s appearance before the Sanhedrin wasn’t exactly a shining moment in his ministry! On Truth For Life, Alistair Begg examines the apostle’s behavior and explains why believers can be encouraged on bad days, on good days, and even in life’s daily routines.
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| 0:00.0 | When the |
| 0:03.0 | When the Apostle Paul was called to stand before the Sanhedron, the religious court of his day, |
| 0:30.0 | it wasn't exactly a shining moment in his ministry. |
| 0:33.5 | And today on Truth for Life, we'll consider Paul's behavior, |
| 0:36.4 | we'll learn why Christ's followers |
| 0:38.0 | can be encouraged even on bad days as well as good days, even in the daily routines of life. |
| 0:44.8 | Alistair Begg is teaching from Acts chapter 23. |
| 0:53.6 | The onlookers, verse four, those who were standing near, immediately took the sight of the high priest. |
| 0:59.4 | Well, they had an agenda, didn't they? |
| 1:01.0 | You dare to insult God's high priest? |
| 1:04.2 | Wouldn't one of them say, hey, what are you doing, Belt and Paul on the mouth? |
| 1:08.2 | He hasn't done anything yet. |
| 1:09.4 | All he said was, I have been fulfilling my |
| 1:12.2 | duty to God with a clear conscience. And then verse five, it gets even more troublesome, doesn't it? |
| 1:20.9 | Paul replied, brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest, which raises the question, |
| 1:27.1 | why didn't he know he was the high priest, which raises the question, why didn't he know he was the high priest? |
| 1:30.9 | Now, once again, the commentaries are pretty useless. A number say that his statement here is |
| 1:38.4 | ironic, that he's making an ironic response to what is taking place. In other words, what he's |
| 1:44.0 | saying is, |
| 1:44.7 | I didn't think that a man who could give such an order could be the high priest. |
| 1:51.8 | I wondered if maybe the high priest was wearing jeans and a t-shirt, which was my great |
| 1:57.2 | contribution to the discussion. |
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