Have you ever been subpoenaed to testify in a court of law? If so, describe the circumstances, what happened and how you felt? What prevents us from being effective witnesses? Do we, like the disciples, have concerns or perspectives or priorities that restrict us or distract us from effectively fulfilling our roles as witnesses?

2. • Deposition
• Subpoena Duces Tecum = (Latin: “all documents
[to be submitted] under penalty”)
• Subpoena = (Latin: “under penalty”)
= (Latin: Depositionem “to lay aside”)
Legal definition: "a statement or
statements made in court under oath"
Legal Terms

3. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
FIRTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN
AND FOR HERNANDO COUNTY,
FLORIDA.
STATE OF FLORIDA.
Plaintiff.
vs.
DAFFY DUCK.
Defendant.
Case no.: 2011-CF-666
ORDER ISSUING SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM
STATE OF FLORIDA.
County of Hernando
To: Dr. Harry Morgan
Biblical counseling Center
1450 59th St. W., unit 101
Bradenton, FL 34209
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to immediately preserve, retain and produce
for inspection to the undersigned at attorney within thirty (30) days of receipt of
this subpoena, the following information including, but not limited to: (1) any and
all electronic mail messages exchanged between Dr. Harry Morgan at the following
electronic mail addresses: sanctitas@aol.com or truthtransforms@aol.com and . . .

4. 4
Ø As a Fact Witness
Ø As an Expert Witness

5. 5
Lay Witness or Eyewitness
Ø An individual called to testify about
matters they have observed or
experienced firsthand.
Ø An eyewitness is someone can provide
proof of or attest to a fact or event.
Ø Generally not permitted to provide
opinions as part of testimony.

6. 6
Ø Federal Rules of Evidence 702 states that,
to be admissible, an expert witness “must
assist the trier of fact to understand the
evidence or determine a fact in issue.”
Ø To be qualified as an expert witness, the
witness must have defined knowledge,
skill, experience, training, or education in
the area the expert witness intents to
provide testimony.

7. 7
Ø Preponderance of Evidence: Lowest of three
standards applied mostly in civil actions. “More
likely than not” (51% chance)
Ø Clear and Convincing: Intermediate standard of
proof used in cases where liberty interests are at
stake (e.g. loss of parental rights). Generally
defined as level of certainly (75% chance)
Ø Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Highest standard
of proof used in cases where loss of liberty is at
stake (e.g. incarceration etc.) Level of certainty
(90-95% chance)

8. “The body of scientific evidence
supporting creation science is as
strong as that supporting
evolution. In fact, it may be
stronger… the evidence for
evolution is far less compelling
than we have been led to believe.
Evolution is not a scientific ‘fact’,
since it cannot be observed in a
laboratory. Rather, evolution is
merely a scientific theory or
1987 Edwards v Aguillard
‘guess’. …It is a very bad guess at that. The scientific
problems with evolution are so serious that it could
accurately be termed a ‘myth’.”
https://answersingenesis.org/culture/america/creation-evolution-passing-judicial-giant/

9. Matthew 28:19–20 Go therefore and make disciples
of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20
teaching them to observe all things that I have
commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even
to the end of the age.” Amen.
Mark 16:14–16 Later He appeared to the eleven as
they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief
and hardness of heart, because they did not believe
those who had seen Him after He had risen. 15 And
He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach
the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and
is baptized will be saved; but he who does not
believe will be condemned.

10. Luke 24:46–48 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written,
and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to
rise from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance
and remission of sins should be preached in His name to
all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 And you are
witnesses of these things.
John 17:18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have
sent them into the world.
John 20:21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you!
As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

11. John 18:37–38a Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are
You a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say
rightly that I am a king. For
this cause I was born, and for
this cause I have come into
the world, that I should bear
witness to the truth.
Everyone who is of the truth
hears My voice.” 38 Pilate said
to Him, “What is truth?”

12. “Making & Maturing Disciples of Jesus Christ
to the Glory of God”

13. “But you shall receive power
when the Holy Spirit has come
upon you; and you shall be
witnesses to Me in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the end of the earth.”

14. Acts 1:1–7
1 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all
that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 until the
day in which He was taken up, after He through
the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the
apostles whom He had chosen, 3 to whom He
also presented Himself alive after His suffering by
many infallible proofs, being seen by them during
forty days and speaking of the things pertaining
to the kingdom of God.

15. Acts 1:1–7
4 And being assembled together with them, He
commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem,
but to wait for the Promise of the Father,
“which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; 5 for
John truly baptized with water, but you shall be
baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from
now.” 6 Therefore, when they had come together,
they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this
time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 And He
said to them, “It is not for you to know times or
seasons which the Father has put in His own
authority.

16. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be
witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea
and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
ἀλλά (alla) = “rather”

17. verb restore – they were expecting a political and
territorial kingdom
Noun Israel – they were expecting a national
kingdom
Adverbial Clause at this time – they were expecting
its immediate establishment.
6 they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at
this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
John Calvin: “there are as many errors in the
question as words”

18. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be
witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea
and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

19. “There is no believer whom the Son of God does
not require to be His witness. In what place, at
what time, with what degree of frequency, in
what manner, and to what extent, we ought to
profess our faith, cannot easily be determined by
a fixed rule: but we must consider the occasion,
that not one of us may fail to discharge his duty
at the proper time.”
John Calvin

20. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you...”
δύναμις (dynamis) = ability, power,
supernatural power
7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know
times or seasons which the Father has put in His
own authority.
ἐξουσία (exousia) = authority to rule, jurisdiction

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22. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you...”
(1) The power promised was personal and intimate,
not a force or a political authority.
(2) The ability had more to do with being than doing.
(3) The power came from without, not from within.
(4) The believers were to be witnesses to Christ, not
to themselves.

23. Frequency of πνεῦμα (pneuma, “spirit”) in the
Gospels & Acts:
19x in Matthew
23x in Mark
36x in Luke
24x in John
70x in Acts
τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος = the Holy Spirit

24. ἐπέρχομαι (eperchomai) [intensive, aorist participle]
= arrive, assault, overcome, overtake
Isaiah 32:15 Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on
high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and
the fruitful field is counted as a forest.

25. The word occurs 39 times in Acts.
1:22 beginning from the baptism of John to that day
when He was taken up from us, one of these must
become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
2:32 “God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all
witnesses of the fact.”
3:15 “You killed the author of life, but God raised
Him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.”
5:32 And we are His witnesses to these things, and
so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to
those who obey Him.”

26. 10:39 “We are witnesses of everything He did in the
country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.”
10:41 not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen
before by God, even to us who ate and drank with
Him after He arose from the dead.
13:31 He was seen for many days by those who
came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who
are His witnesses to the people.
10:39 “We are witnesses of everything He did in the
country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.”

27. 22:15 “ ‘You will be His witness to all men of what
you have seen and heard.’ ”
26:16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have
appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a
minister and a witness both of the things which you
have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to
you.

28. μάρτυς (martys) = a fact witness; LXX martys indicates
an appeal to objective evidence
Acts 1:3 …to whom He also presented Himself alive after
His suffering by many infallible proofs (τεκμήριον
tekmērion = convincing evidence)
1 John 1:1–2 That which was from the beginning, which
we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which
we have looked upon, and our hands have handled,
concerning the Word of life—2 the life was manifested,
and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you
that eternal life which was with the Father and was
manifested to us—

29. N
8b and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of
the earth.”
Jerusalem
Acts 2:42-8:3
Judea & Samaria
Acts 8:4–12:24
ends of the earth
Acts 12:25–28:31

30. Isaiah 43:10–12
“You are My witnesses,” says the LORD, “And My
servant whom I have chosen, That you may know
and believe Me, and understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall
there be after Me. 11 I, even I, am the LORD, And
besides Me there is no savior. 12 I have declared
and saved, I have proclaimed, and there was no
foreign god among you; therefore you are My
witnesses,” says the LORD, “that I am God.

31. Am I a soldier of the cross, a follower of the Lamb,
And shall I fear to own His cause, or blush to speak His
name?
Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease,
While others fought to win the prize, and sailed through
bloody seas?
Are there no foes for me to face? Must I not stem the
flood?
Is this vile world a friend to grace, to help me on to God?
Sure, I must fight if I would reign; increase my courage,
Lord;
I’ll bear the toil, endure the pain, supported by Thy word.
Am I a Soldier of the Cross?

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