Aim: To be bold and forthright in Jesus—as His precious church.
Doctrine: Paul's defense and witness evidences both truth and grace. Truth is to cover the facts of every case involving us, and grace is to present Jesus as lovely to everyone who hears us.
Exegesis: How Paul's defense and witness provides a splendid model for us in the true church today: everything is to be exposed to the light of truth (vv. 10-13); Christ is to be confessed with full candor (vv. 14-16); the gospel (resurrection) is to be acknowledged as a ''divider'' of people (vv. 17-21).
Further application: Why true Christian churchmen need never be ashamed of who they are: because the Redeemer lives and reigns, and He ''exonerates'' His elect in His own perfect personage.
Key verses: vv. 14-15 ''But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets, having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger is a retired, ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa (B.A.) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.Div). He is married to his wife, Lesley, and together they have one daughter and...
