LUKE 21 and 22=and ACTS 21 and 22
FOR MVF Cheryl and Bobby Boy=3-26-2026
LUKE 21
MAIN THEMES=Sacrifice=END TIMES=and Readiness
-WIDOW’S OFFERING
=Jesus PRAISES a poor WIDOW=who gives two SMALL COINS=
SAYING she gave MORE=Than the rich=Because she gave=ALL SHE
HAD
DESTRUCTION of the TEMPLE foretold
=Jesus WARNS that=The TEMPLE in Jerusalem=will be
COMPLETELY DESTROYED
SIGNS OF=THE END TIMES
-Wars=earthquakes=Famines=plagues
-PERSECUTION of believers
-Jerusalem SURROUNDED BY ARMIES
=COMING OF=THE SON OF MAN
-Jesus describes=HIS RETURN=with POWER=and with GLORY
=CALL TO WATCHFULNESS
-BE ALERT=and SPIRITUALLY READY=Do not be
DISTRACTED=by ALL of life’s worries
LUKE 22
=PLOT TO KILL JESUS
-Religious LEADERS=seek a WAY to kill him=and
Judas AGREES to BETRAY HIM
LAST SUPPER
=Jesus INSTITUTES THE EUCHARIST
“This is MY BODY……..THIS IS MY BLOOD”
-Jesus PREDICTS HIS BETRAYAL
=THE DISCIPLES Argue=about WHO is the GREATEST among them
But Jeus tells them=GREATNESS Lies is SERVING OTHERS
=Peter’s denial IS PREDICTED
=MOUNT OF OLIVES
-Jesus PRAYS=IN DEEP ANGUISH
-And his DISCIPLES FALL ASLEEP
=THE ARREST OF JESUS
-Jesus BETRAYS HIM=with a kiss
-Peter DENIES JESUS three times
-Jesus is MOCKED and beaten
BEFORE THE COUNCIL=Jesus ACKNOWLEDGES=He is
THE SON OF GOD!
ACTS 21
=MAIN THEME=OBEDIENCE DESPITE ANGER
=Paul TRAVELS to Jerusalem
-DESPITE WARNINGS OF SUFFERING there
-Prophet Agabus=PREDICTS Paul will be BOUND
--Paul DECLARES=He is READY to suffer and DIE for Jesus
=IN Jerusalem
-Paul meets James=and CHURCH LEADERS
-HE PARTICIPATES=In a PURIFICATION RITUAL=to AVOID
Offending Jewish believers
=Paul is SEIZED in the TEMPLE
=The Jews FALSELY accuse him=of defiling the TEMPLE
-A mob forms and TRIES to kill him
=ROMAN SOLDIERS intervene=and arrest Paul
ACTS 22
MAIN THEMES=Testimony and IDENTITY
=PAUL ADDRESSES THE CROWD
=Paul speaks in HEBREW(Aramaic)=Gaining their attention
=PAUL SHARES HIS TESTIMONY
-Abut his STRICT Jewish upbringing
-HIS PERSECUTION of Christians
-And his DRAMATIC CONVERSION=on the ROAD to DAMASCUS
=He recounts=SEEING Jesus=in a VISION=and
He explains=HIS MISSION to the GENTILES
=A ROMAN COMMANDER=Prepares to flog him=But Paul REVEALS
He is a ROMAN CITIZEN=which PROTECTS HIM=
From unlawful punishment
=The commander retreats=and Paul is KEPT IN CUSTODY
THE BIG PICTURE
=Luke 21-22==Jesus PREPARES his followers=For his suffering=
And FULFILLS HIS MISSION through SACRIFICE
ACTS 21-22=Paul FOLLOWS a similar path
WILLING to suffer=and BOLDLY TESTIFY=about Jesus
ALL the chapters show=
-FAITHFULNESS UNDER PRESSURE
-THE COST of discipleship=and that GOD’S PLAN
WILL UNFOLD=despite opposition
RPW for MVF Cheryl and Bobby Boy=3-26-2026
Approximately 5PM
