Is This the Life You Want?

Sermon preached on April 12,2026 for Easter 2 at Mt Olive in Lincoln, NE by Pastor Julius Buelow.

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Acts 26 selected verses:

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense. 2“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that I am going to make my defense before you today concerning all the things about which I am being accused by the Jews, 3especially because you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently.

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18You are to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive the forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

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22“But I have had help from God right up to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great. I am saying nothing other than what the prophets and Moses said would happen, 23that the Christ would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

24While Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus shouted, “Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great learning is driving you insane.”

25But Paul replied, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but I am clearly speaking words that are true and sensible. 26Certainly the king to whom I am freely speaking knows about these things. Indeed, I cannot believe that any of these things has escaped his notice, because this has not been done in a corner. 27King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”

28Then Agrippa said to Paul, “In such a short time are you going to persuade me to become a Christian?”

29Paul replied, “I pray God, that whether in a short time or a long time, not only you, but also all those who are listening to me today would become what I am, except for these chains.”

Holy Bible: Evangelical Heritage Version (Milwaukee, WI: Northwestern Publishing House, 2019), Ac 26:1–29.