In This Series
- The Work Begins with Waiting (Acts 1:1-11)
- How Waiting Changes the Questions (Acts 1:12-26)
- God's Empowering Presence (Acts 2:1-13)
- The Spirit Poured Out on All (Acts 2:14-41)
- The Commitments of God's People (Acts 2:42-47)
- Silver and Gold We Don't Have (Acts 3)
- Speaking the Truth with Boldness (Acts 4:1-22)
- The Prayer that Moves the Spirit (Acts 4:23-31)
- Spirit-Filled Generosity and Honesty (Acts 4:32-11)
- If It Is of God, You Will Not Be Able to Overthrow Them (Acts 5:12-42)
- Divisions in the Church (Acts 6:1-7)
- Stephen Becomes the First Martyr (Acts 6:8-7:60)
- Persecution and the Church's Response (Acts 8:1-8)
- A Eunuch, The Spirit, and Baptism (Acts 8:26-40)
- Our Conversions are Really Callings (Acts 9:1-19)
- The Fear of the Lord and Comfort of the Spirit (Acts 9:19-31)
- Peter Ministers to the Unexpected (Acts 9:32-43)
- Peter's Unexpected Calling to a Gentile Home (Acts 10:1-33)
- The Spirit Falls in the Middle of Peter's Sermon (Acts 10:34-48)
- Criticism of Peter Turns Into Worship (Acts 11:1-1)
- Barnabas, Encouragement, and Recognizing the Spirit (Acts 11:19-30)
- Struck but Saved (Acts 12)
- Missions is a Posture (Acts 12:25-13:3)
- Overcoming Opposition to the Gospel (Acts 13:4-12)
- Jesus is the Message (Acts 13:13-52)
- We are not gods (Acts 14:1-20)
- The Crowd Shifts in Lystra (Acts 14:19-28)
- The Church Meets to Answer Questions (Acts 15:1-21)
- A Request to Gentile Believers (Acts 15:22-35)
- Division and Contradiction (Acts 15:36-16:5)
- Open and Closed Doors (Acts 16:6-10)
- The Gospel Disrupts (Acts 16:11-24)
- Paul and Silas in Prison (Acts 16:25-40)
- Two Cities, Two Responses (Acts 17:1-15)
- Why the resurrection matters for today (Acts 17:16-34)
- Recognizing the Seasons of Life (Acts 18:1-17)
- The Future is in the Details of the Present (Acts 18:18-23)
- We need the Word and the Spirit (Acts 18:24-19:7)
- Miracles of Repentance (Acts 19:11-20)
- Religion, Riots, and Greed (Acts 19:21-41)
- A Long Sermon and A Resurrection (Acts 20:1-16)
- Paul's final advice for the church in Ephesus (Acts 20:17-38)
- Doing Good Doesn't Always Work (Acts 21:1-26)
- Faith is Not a Life of Risk Management (Acts 21:27-22:24)
Series Info
Acts (44)
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Doing Good Doesn't Always Work (Acts 21:1-26)
Chase Replogle
Pastor
Paul finally arrived in Jerusalem. While the believers there celebrated his work, there was danger. Rumors were spreading that Paul was teaching people to abandon the Jewish law. Paul decided to go to the temple in an act of piety to prove them wrong. We look at Paul’s arrival, the plan, and why it doesn’t ultimately work.
