Paul Headed into Bondage Acts 21:16

I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, Acts 20:22-23 "And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.” Comments in NOTES

finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from Acts 20:24 "But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.” Comments in NOTES

The next day we reached Rhodes and then went to Patara. Acts 21:1-4  “After saying farewell to the Ephesian elders, we sailed straight to the island of Cos. The next day we reached Rhodes and then went to Patara. There we boarded a ship sailing for Phoenicia. Next Slide

was to unload its cargo.” We sighted the island of Cyprus, passed it on our left, and landed at the harbor of Tyre, in Syria, where the ship was to unload its cargo.” Next Slide

found the local believers, Acts 21:4  “We went ashore, found the local believers, and stayed with them a week. These believers prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to Jerusalem.” Comments in NOTES

“When these things were accomplished, Acts 19:21 “When these things were accomplished, Paul purposed in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."

said our farewells. Then we went aboard, and they returned home.” Acts 21:5-6  “When we returned to the ship at the end of the week, the entire congregation, including women and children, left the city and came down to the shore with us. There we knelt, prayed, and said our farewells. Then we went aboard, and they returned home.” Comments in NOTES

The next day we went on to Caesarea Acts 21:7-9  “The next stop after leaving Tyre was Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed for one day. The next day we went on to Caesarea Next Slide, map

Explain the journey, next slide

one of the seven men who had been chosen to distribute food. …and stayed at the home of Philip the Evangelist, one of the seven men who had been chosen to distribute food. He had four unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophecy.”

Judges 4:4 “Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time.” Comments in NOTES

the prophetess Noadiah and Nehemiah 6:14 “My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat, according to these their works, and the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have made me afraid.”

“And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, Acts 2:17 “And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams.” Comments in NOTES

Acts 21:10-14  “Several days later a man named Agabus, who also had the gift of prophecy, arrived from Judea. He came over, took Paul’s belt, and bound his own feet and hands with it. Then he said, NEXT Slide

The Holy Spirit declares, ‘So shall the owner of this belt be bound by the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem and turned over to the Gentiles.’ When we heard this, we and the local believers all begged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. NEXT Slide

You are breaking my heart! But he said, ‘Why all this weeping? You are breaking my heart! I am ready not only to be jailed at Jerusalem but even to die for the sake of the Lord Jesus.’ When it was clear that we couldn’t persuade him, we gave up and said, “The Lord’s will be done.” Comments in NOTES

“Perhaps another reason Luke emphasized these prophecies was to prove to his readers that Paul’s arrest and its consequences were part of God’s foreordained will for the church’s expansion.” Tom Constable Comments in NOTES

to be jailed at Jerusalem but even to die “I am ready not only to be jailed at Jerusalem but even to die for the sake of the Lord Jesus.” Next Slide

“In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, 1Peter 1:6-7 “In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, Next Slide

though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ” Next Slide

“After this we packed our things and left for Jerusalem. Acts 21:15-16 “After this we packed our things and left for Jerusalem. Some believers from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to the home of Mnason, a man originally from Cyprus and one of the early believers.” Pray & Communion

“who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, 1Peter 2:24 “who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness --by whose stripes you were healed.” Personal Prayer