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  “Festus fully intends to honor his commitment to send Paul to Nero. But he has a problem. Paul’s appeal places the governor in the unenviable position of having to justify sending Paul to Nero without specific charges. Nero and his officials would not take kindly to a governor who showed incompetence in judging trivial matters. Festus was unable to formulate a charge against Paul because the accusations by the Jews pertained to religious matters having nothing to do with Roman law.” (R C Sproul) Herod Agrippa II: He was a client king whose territory was primarily in the northern regions of Judea, around the Sea of Galilee, including areas like Trachonitis, Batanaea, and Chalcis. He did not directly govern the core province of Judea (which included Jerusalem). Porcius Festus: He was the procurator (governor) of the Roman province of Judea, Samaria, and Idumaea. His jurisdiction included the administrative capital, Caesarea Maritima, and the religious center, Jeru...

 7. Paul tells Timothy to guard a treasure/deposit (1:14) and to rekindle God's gift (1:6). what deposit would we be entrusted with? Our spiritual heritage: those who have invested into our lives. This would be our families and spiritual mentors. We value them and pass on their investment. Our faith, a gift of God, should be responded to with gratitude.We try to pass on that faith. Our spiritual gifts we certainly would possess. Our knowledge of the truth taught and self-learned. The gospel 8a) Why might a modern Christian be tempted to be timid toward testifying about Jesus? We are a minority. We are in a culture where relativism prevails in the religious sphere. We are in a culture where scientism prevails in the physical sphere. We don't want to be seen as an extremist or especially enthusiastic about/committed to/trust fully in anything "Fanatic" We are not fully convinced of the truth of the gospel: we have doubts. We struggle to experience spiritual victory in o...

2/7/16 Luke 17:11-19 11  On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.  12  And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, [ a ]  who stood at a distance  13  and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”  14  When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed.  15  Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;  16  and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.  17  Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?  18  Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”  19  And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.” [ b ] At the age ...