The Life & Teaching of Paul

Psychology 101: Understanding How People Deal with Your Faith

Acts 25 – 26

Christopher W. Martin © 2019

Context

Understanding How People Deal with Your Faith

They Ignore You (24:27)

They Try to Hurt You (25:1-3)

They Lie About You (25:7)

They Try to Get Rid of You (25:9)

A Note on Paul’s Appeal to Caesar (25:11-12)

They are Perplexed by You (25:23-27)

They Think You are Crazy (26:24)

How Paul Dealt with Opposition 

He Waited on God 

He Did Not Allow Himself to Be Abused

He Didn’t Quit 

He Decided He Was Happy (26:2) 

He Looked for the Good in Others (26:3)

He Remembered What God had Done for Him and to Him Previously (26:4-5)

He Remembered His Sinful Life Before Christ (26:9-11)

He Remembered He was Saved AND Called to Serve (26:12-18)

He Remembered God’s Prior Protection (26:19-23)

He Spoke Truth and Reason (26:25)

Conclusion (26:28-32)