Free Born Series

Acts 22 v 21 - 30 Free born

The Command was -

Divine - 21 And he said, Direct - unto me, Distinct - Depart:

Dependent - for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

The Complaint was -

A Prejudicial Complaint - 22 they gave him audience unto this word,

The word - Gentiles - Limited in their Views, Vision, and Venture.

William Carey “Young man, sit down: when God pleases to convert the heathen, He will do it without your aid or mine.”

A Publicized Complaint - and then lifted up their voices, and said,

A Perilous Complaint - Away with such a fellow from the earth:

A Presumptuous Complaint - for it is not fit that he should live.

The Commotion -

Their Conviction - 23 And as they cried out,

Their Confusion - and cast off their clothes,

Their Consternation - and threw dust into the air,

The Compulsion

The Intervention - 24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle,

The Interrogation - and bade that he should be examined by scourging;

The Investigation - that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.

The Complication

The Practice - 25 And as they bound him with thongs,

The Problem - Paul said unto the centurion that stood by,

The Petition - Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman,

and uncondemned?

The Communication

The Revelation - 26 When the centurion heard that,

The Resolution - he went and told the chief captain, saying,

The Reservation - Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman

The Ratification - 27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him,

Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

The Comparison

The Prize of Roman Citizenship - 28 And the chief captain answered,

The Price of Roman Citizenship - With a great sum obtained I this freedom.

The Privilege of Roman Citizenship - And Paul said, But I was free born

The Compliance

The Fright - 29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him:

The Fear - and the chief captain also was afraid,

The Fault - after he knew that he was a Roman,

The Failure - and because he had bound him.

The Compelled

The Pace - 30 On the morrow,

The Pursuit - because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews,

The Preference - he loosed him from his bands, and

The Plan - commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear

The Presentation - and brought Paul down, and set him before them.