The Judge Facing Judgment (Part 2 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 19 May 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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The apostle Paul stood trial before the Roman governor Felix as a result of false charges. Hear his response to the accusations, and find out what was foremost on Paul’s mind—even before his own freedom. That’s our focus on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.
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| 0:00.0 | The Apoll |
| 0:08.0 | The Apollinger The Apostle Paul found himself on trial standing before the Roman governor Felix because Jewish leaders had leveled false charges against him. |
| 0:34.7 | Today, on Truth for Life, we'll hear Paul's response to these untrue accusations |
| 0:40.3 | and learn what was foremost on his mind, even above his own freedom. Alistair Begg is teaching |
| 0:47.8 | from the Book of Acts, Chapter 24. |
| 1:16.7 | Number one, that he was a troublemaker. Verse 12. My accusers did not find me arguing with anyone at the temple or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues or anywhere else in the city. In other words, there is no basis for charge number one. |
| 1:24.1 | Now, let me go to charge number two, he says. Verse 14. Now, what is charge number two? |
| 1:29.0 | Charge number two is that he's not mainstream, that he's the ringleader of a sect, |
| 1:37.0 | namely the sect of the Nazarens. Now, what he does here is very skillful. You will notice his opening gambit. However, I admit. Now, this is what the prosecution wants. The prosecution wants the accused to admit things. |
| 1:48.0 | So the very phraseology, I admit or I confess, would be enough to get the journalists in the court |
| 1:55.2 | dashing out into the street to say, we have a headline for this evening's newspaper. |
| 2:02.0 | Put in the evening newspaper, prisoner admits, or prisoner confesses. But says the editor back in the office, |
| 2:10.4 | confesses what? Don't worry about that, says the journalist, we have the headline. We can fill in |
| 2:16.2 | the details later. If you want to sell the |
| 2:18.1 | newspaper, put, prisoner confesses. It makes for good press. Now, what is Paul doing here? |
| 2:26.7 | Well, he is confessing to an offense that wasn't a crime under Roman law, which allowed him to be transparent without risking any kind of |
| 2:43.3 | legal liability. He says, I'm prepared to admit to certain things. Well, the judge and everyone else in the courtroom, we said, well, this is the kind of thing |
| 2:53.4 | we've been looking for. |
| 2:54.3 | This is why we're having this case. |
| 2:56.7 | He says, let me just tell you what I am prepared to confess to. |
| 3:01.5 | Now, in this, he is answering charge number two. |
| 3:04.5 | So what does he say? |
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