Holy Holy where re you
here I am Here I am how do you do hahaha.
the head was funny but holy are you ready to tell us a new story from the
Bible of course I am today's story is about Paul getting arrested in Jerusalem
Paul big goodbye to the believers in Ephesus and headed for Jerusalem some of
Paul's friends begged him not to go there because Paul had received death
threats from the Jewish leaders who were very angry with him but Paul was ready
to give his life for Jesus sake his friends were unable to convince him
otherwise so some of his friends went along with him in Jerusalem Paul met the
leaders of the church and told them all about his experiences preaching in other
cities and the number of people who were following Jesus now the leaders praised
God for all the work he had done but then they said we know that a lot of
Jews now believe in Jesus because of your preaching
however we take the law of Moses very seriously the Christians of Jerusalem
tell us that your preaching is trying to make people turn their backs to Moses
laws so what should we do now we have an idea
we have some men who are going to the temple to get their heads shaved and be
part of the purification ceremony pay for them to have their head shaved and
everyone will know that the rumors are false and that you encourage people to
obey the laws of Moses Paul agreed to their plan and he went
through the purification process in the next day but there were some Jews from
Asia who saw him in the temple and immediately started a riot against him
they grabbed him and yelled at him saying this is the man who teaches
people to go against Moses laws he even speaks against the temple gradually the
entire city joined in the riot against Paul the people dragged him out of the
temple trying to kill him but the Roman commander arrested Paul and put him in
Chains but he heard the news of the riot ask the people about Paul and what he
had done people were shouting out different things about him and the
commander was confused he had no clear idea as to what Paul
might have done the crowd pointed to Paul and continued shouting kill him
kill him Paul asked the commander if he would get permission to speak to the
crowd the commander let him the crowd went quiet when they saw Paul come
forward to speak Paul said I am a Jew and have learned the Jewish laws and
customs I have obeyed them and I'm eager to honor God just as you are there was a
time when I persecuted the believers of Jesus I even went to Damascus to stop
them from preaching against Jesus but Jesus himself spoke to me on that
journey I now know that he is the real Son of God
I was chosen by God to spread his message to the entire world
one day I had a vision of God in the temple he told me to leave Jerusalem
because the people here would not believe my message I argued with him but
he still told me to leave Jerusalem he asked me to go far away and preach to
the Gentiles when the crowd heard Paul see the words Gentile they went crazy
and began shouting kill him kill him the commander brought Paul inside and
ordered that he be beaten as the soldiers were beginning to beat
him Paul asked if it was legal to treat a Roman citizen in this way you are a
Roman citizen the commander asked yes I am I am a citizen by birth
Paul said so they untied him and did not beat him that was a really enjoyable
story holy yes it was so what's the question for today today's question is
where did Jesus appear to Paul on his journey I know when Paul is on his way to
Damascus to persecute the believers wonderful freckles
well done keep watching we'll be back soon bye bye