*A Timely Testimony & Tragic Procrastination *
Pastor Mark Bergen
Text: Acts 24:1-27 (NIV)

1. When you are called upon to share your testimony and the gospel…
   

   A. Be

   Reveal Answer
   by God’s promises.
   Acts 23:11; Acts 9:15
   

   B. Be

   Reveal Answer
   to stay the course.
   Acts 24:14-16
   

   C. Be

   Reveal Answer
   and patient when in God’s waiting room.
   Acts 24:22-23
   

2. When you hear the gospel don’t procrastinate in your response…
   

   A. Be

   Reveal Answer
   to respond to God’s word that convicts.
   Acts 24:24-25
   

   • Righteousness – (God’s standard)
     2 Corinthians 5:21
     

   • Self-control- (Sin’s temptation)
     

   • Judgement to come- (God’s invitation)
     

   B.

   Reveal Answer
   repentance.
   Acts 24:25-27