Proverbs Outline by Bruce waltke

Bruce K. Waltke

The Book of Proverbs. Vol. 2.

Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2005.

http://www.christianbook.com/the-book-of-proverbs-2-volumes/bruce-waltke/pd/82725   

COLLECTION 1   (1.1-9.18)

A. Title with Preamble (1.1-7)

B. Preamble (1.8-8.36)

1.  Lecture 1: Exhortation to Listen and to Reject the Gang's Invitation (1.8-19)

      (a) Parent's Exhortation and a Son's Adornments. (1.8-9)

      (b) Resist the Gang's Invitation (1.10-19).

2. First Interlude: Wisdom's Rebuke of the Gullible (1.20-33)

      (a) The Setting of the sermon (20-21)

      (b) Wisdom's sermon (22-27)

      (c) Wisdom's reflection on Her Sermon (28-33) 

3. Lecture 2: Safeguard against the Wicked (2)

     (a) Introduction: Conditions (2:1-4)

     (b) Consequence: Protection (2.5-11)

     (c) Purpose of Protection (2.12-19)

     (d) Life on the Earth versus Death (2.20-22)

4. Lecture 3: The Lord's Promises and the Son's Obligations (3.1-12)

     (a) Introduction: Admonitions to Preserve the Father's Teaching (3.1-4)

     (b) Body: A Lesson in Piety: Trust, Fear, and Honor the Lord (3.5-6, 7-8, 9-10)

     (c) Conclusion: Do Not Reject the Lord's Discipline (11-12)

5. Lecture 4: The Value of Wisdom (3.13-35)

     a. Exordium: The Value of Wisdom (13-26)

(1) The value of Wisdom to ‘ādām (3.13, 14-15, 16-17, 18

(2) The Value of Wisdom to the Lord (3.19, 21)

(3) The Value of Wisdom to the Son (3.21-22, 23-24, 25-26)

     b. Lesson: Covenant Obligations to Neighbors (27-35)

(1) Commands: Obligations to Good Neighbors (3:27-30)

(2) Center Line (Janus): Do Not Envy a Violent Mane (3.31)

(3) Argument: The Lord Punishes the Wicked but Rewards the Righteous

6. Lecture 5: Get the Family Heritage  (4.1-9)

     a. Introduction: Addressees and Admonitions (4.1-2)

     b. The Lesson: The Grandfather's Lecture (4.3-9)

(1) Narrative Introduction to the Grandfather’s Lecture (4.3, 4a)

(2) The Grandfather’s Lecture: Get Wisdom (4:5-9)

7. Lecture 6: Stay Off the Wrong Way (4.10-19)

     a. Introduction and Body (10-13)

(1) Admonitions to Walk in the Way of Wisdom (4.10-13)

(2) Admonitions to Avoid the Way of the Wicked (4. 14-17)

(3) Conclusion (4.18-19)

     b. Conclusion (18-19)

8. Lecture 7: Don't Swerve from the Right Way (4.20-27)

    a. Introduction: Keeping the Interior Anatomy (20-22)

    b. Janus: Guard the Heart, the Source of All Behavior (23)

    c. Lesson: Keep the Exterior Anatomy Fixed on What Is Right (24-27)

9. Lecture 8: Folly of Adultery, Wisdom of Marriage (5)

     a. Introduction (1-6)

(1) Address, Admonition, and Aim (5.1-2)

(2) Motivation (5.3-6)

b. Lesson: Adultery vs. Marriage  (7-20) 

(1) The Folly of Adultery (5.7-14)

(2) The Wisdom of Marriage (5.15-20)

c. Conclusion (21-23)

10. Appendix: Three Inferior Types of men (6:1-19)

     (a) Warning against Becoming Surety (1-5)

     (b) Warning to the Sluggard (6-11)

     (c) Warning against the Insurrectionist (12-19)

11. Lecture 9: The High Price of an Unchaste Wife (6.20-35)

     (a) Introduction (20-21)

     (b) Lesson(22-35)

12. Lecture 10: The Unchaste Wife's Seductive Tactics (7.1-27) 

     (a) Introduction: Address and Admonition to Hear the Fathers Lecture (7.1-5)

     (b) Lesson: The Unchaste Wife's Seductive Tactics (6-23) encounter, speech, gullible's submission

     (c) Conclusion (7.24-27)

13. Interlude 2: Wisdom's Self-Praise to the Gullible (8)

     (a) Introduction (8.1-10)

     (b) Body/Lesson (8.12-31) 

             -Wisdom's communicable attributes

            -Wisdom's birth and celebration from primordial time

     (c) Conclusion: Final Invitation and Warning (8.32-36).

C. (14) Epilogue: Rival Banquets of Wisdom and Folly (9.1-18)

     a. Wisdom's Banquet (9.1-6)

                 (1) Wisdom's preparation

                 (2) Wisdom's invitation

     b. The Poet's Supplement to the Invitations (9.7-12)

     c. Folly's Banquet (9.13-18)

COLLECTION 2: Solomon I  (10-22.16)

A. Collection 2A: Antithetic Parallels of the Righteous Versus the Wicked (10-15)

1. Superscription (1a) 

2. The Wise and Fool Defined by Their Comportment in Wealth and Speech (10.1b-16)

     (a) Introductory Educational Proverb (10.1b)

     (b)  Wisdom and Wealth (10.2-5)

     (c) Effects of Speech on the Self and Others (10.6-14)

     (d) Wealth and Security (10.15-16)

3. Deeds and Destinies of the Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted (10.17-11.31)

     (a) Introduction: Social Effects of Obedience(10.17)

     (b) Speech and Expectations of the righteous and the Wicked Contrasted (10.18-32)

     (c) Security through Honesty and Righteousness (11.1-8)

     (d) Janus: Security from Destructive Speech through Knowledge (11.9)

     (e) Words in Community (11.10-15)

     (f) Benevolence and Community (11.16-22)

     (g) Desires and Paradoxical Fulfillment (11.23-27)

     (h) Certain Gain or Loss (11.28-31)

4. Two Subunits on Speech and Deeds (12:1-28)

     (a) The First Subunit (1-14)  Introduction (1-3), Speech and One's Household (4-7), Deeds and Property (8-12), Janus Conclusion: Words and Deeds (13-14)

     (b) The Second Unit (12.15-28) Introduction (15), Wise and Foolish Speech (16-23), Diligent Work and Good speech (24-27), Conclusion (28) 

5. Good Teaching, Ethics, and Living (13:1-25)

     (a) Introduction (1)

     (b)Speech and Ethics (2-6)

     (c) Wealth and Ethics (7-11)

     (d) Fulfillment through Wisdom versus Frustration through Folly (12-19)

     (e) The Blessed Future of a Wise Son versus the Baneful End of Fools (20-25).

6. Living in Wisdom (14.1-32)

     (a) Walking in Wisdom (14.1-7)

     (b) Not Walking by Sight (14.8-15)

     (c) Contrasting Social Characterizations and Consequence (14.15-32) 

7. Upholding Righteousness with a Gentle Tongue (14. 33-15.4)

8. Importance of Instruction (15.5-19)

     (a) Consequences of Accepting or Rejecting Instruction (15.5-12)

     (b) The Overcomer's Superiority to Circumstances (15.13-19)

9. Consequences of Righteousness and Wickedness (15.20-29)

     (a) Joy in Education (15.20-23)

     (b) Janus (15.24)

     (c) Destinies of Righteous and the Wicked (15.25-29)

B. Collection 2B: The Lord and His King (15.30-22.16)

1. Prologue: The Dance between Humanity, the Lord , and His King (15.30-16:15)

    (a) Introduction (15.30-33)

    (b) The Lord's Rule (16.1-9)
               1) The Lord's Sovereignty and the Human's Responsibility (16.1-4a)
               2) The Lord's Morality and the Human's Accountability (16.4b-7)
               3) Conclusion (16:8-9)

    (c) The Mediatorial King (16.10-15)

               1) The King's Authority  (16.10-11)
               2) The King's Moral Sensibility (16:12-13)
               3) The King's power (6.14-15)

2. Wise and Foolish Speech (16.16-30)

    (a) Introduction: Security and Wisdom (16.16-19)

    (b) The Wise Speaker (16.20-24)

    (c) The Foolish Speakers (16.25-30)

3. The Splendid Crown of Old Age through Righteousness (16.31-7.6)

4. A Collection of Proverbs on Fools (17.7-28)

    (a) Janus: Catalog of Fools expanded (17.7-9)

    (b) Fools and Their Punishment (17.10-15)

    (c) The Fool versus the Friend (17.16-20)

    (d) The Fool, Injustice, and the Reserved Speech of the Wise (17.21-28) 

5. The Speech of Fools versus the Speech of the Wise (18.1-21)

     a. The Fools Antisocial Speech versus the Defense of the Wise (18.1-11)

(1) The Fool’s Antisocial Nature, Speech, and destiny  (1-9)

      (a.) Intro: The Fool’s Alienation from Society  (1-3)

      (b) The Fool’s Perverse Speech  (4-8)

      (c) The Fool Plunders the community  (9)

(2) Defence of the Righteous in the Lord (11-12)

      b. Janus (18.12)

      c. The Educated Person's Behavior in Conflict and His Speech (18.1-21)

              (1) The Incorrigable Fool versus the Teachable Wise (13-15)

              (2) Teachings about Justice and Conflicts  (16-19)

              (3) Teachings about he Power of Speech  (20-21)

6. Wealth and Wisdom in the Court and in the Home (18.22-19.23)

      a. Poverty, Wealth, and Companions (18.22-19.7)

              (1) Intro (18.22)

              (2)  Wealth and Failed Companions (18.23-24)

              (3) Wealth and Ethics  (19.1-3)

              (4) Wealth and Companions in Court (19.4-7)              

     b. Wisdom in the Court and in the Home (19.8-15)
              (1) Introduction (19.8)
              (2) Wisdom in the Court (19.9-10, 11-12)
              (3) Wisdom in the Home (19.13-15)

     c. Educating the Son to Show Kindness to the Needy (19.16-22)
              (1) Introduction: Keep the Father's Commandment to Live (19.16)
              (2) The Lord Will Reward Kindness to the Poor (19.17)
              (3) Admonitions to the Father to Discipline His Son and the Hothead (19.18-19)
              (4) Admonitions to the Son to Accept His Father's Discipline and Counsel (19.20-21)
              (5) The Poor Desire Unfailing Kindness (19.22)
              (6) Conclusion (19)

7. The Pedagogue and Punishment of Fools (19.23-20.11)

      a. Introduction (19.23)

      b. A Catalogue of Fools and Their Punishment (19.24, 25, 26-27, 28-29, 20.1)

      c. The Righteous King and Fools (20.2-11) 
              (1) The Righteous King Roots Out All Evil (20.2-3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
              (2) Justice Tempered by the Reality of Human Depravity (20.9-11)
                              A v. 8
                                     B  v.9
                             'A v. 10
                                     'B  v.11

8. Speech and Commerce (20.12-19)

     a. Introduction and Janus (20.12-13)

     b. Body: Imprudent Speech in the Marketplace (20.14-17)

     c. Conclusion: Accepting Wise Counsel (20.18-19)

9. Trusting the Lord to Avenge Wrongs through His Wise King (20.20-28)

     a. Introduction: Honoring Parents (20.20-21)

     b. Body: Trusting God, Not Self, to Avenge Wrong (20.22-25)

     c. Conclusion: The King Judges the Wicked and Protects the Needy (20.26-28)

10. Doing Right and Justice (20.29-21.31)

     a. Twofold Introduction (20.29-21.2)

           (1) Introduction: Education (20.29-30)        
           (2) The Framing Introduction: The Lord's Sovereignty (21:1-2)
     b. Body: On Doing Righteousness and Justice (21.3-29)
           (1) Janus: The Lord's Desire for Righteousness and Justice (21.3)
           (2) An Analeysis of the Wicked Person's Pursuit of Wealth (21.4-8)
           (3) Janus: The Contentious Wife (21:9)
           (4) The Righteous Triumph over the Wicked (21:10-12, 11, 12, 13-15, 16-18)
           (5) Thee Contentious Wife (21:19)
           (6) The Endurance of the Righteous versus the Death of the Wicked (21:20-23, 24-29)

     c. Conclusion: The Lord's Sovereignty over People and Kingdoms (21.30-31)

11. Wealth and Moral Instruction (22.1-16)

     a. The Lord's Sovereignty and Wealth (22.1-9)
           (1) Introduction: A Good Name Is Better than Wealth (22:1)
           (2) The Lord's Sovereignty over Wealth and Human Accountability (22:2, 3-4)
           (3) Center: Education Youth in the Right Way (22:5-6)
           (4) The Lord Punishes the Rich and Rewards the Generous (22.7-9)

     b. Wealth and Moral Instruction (22.10-16)
           (1) Introduction: The King's Friends (22:10-11)
           (2) Body: The Lord Upholds Truth and Suberts Treacherous Words (22:12, 13-14)
           (3) Conclusion: Moral Instruction and Wealth (22:15-16)

COLLECTION 3: The Thirty Sayings of the Wise (22.17-24)

A. Prologue: Saying 1 (22.17-21)

B. Section A: A Decalogue of sayings about Wealth  [#2-11] (22.22-23.11)

# 2/22.22-23  Do not rob the poor.

# 3/22.24-25  No friendship with an angry man.

# 4/22.26-27  Avoid surety.

# 5/22.28        Don't move landmarks.

# 6/22.29        Men who excel stand before kings.

# 7/23.1-3        Avoid overeating with a ruler.

# 8/23.4-5       Don't overwork to be rich.

# 9/23.6-8       Don't a miser's offer of delicacies.

# 10/23.9         Fools will despise your wisdom.

# 11/23.10-11   Don't cheat the poor of their land.

C. Section B: An Obedient Son [#12-20] (23.22-24.2) 

# 12/23.12           Apply your heart to instruction.

# 13/23.13-14     Correct you child.

# 14/23.15-16     Wise sons make father's rejoice.

# 15/23.17-18     Don't envy sinners.

# 16/23.19-21     Do not mix with drunks or gluttons.

# 17/23.22-25    Listen to dad..

# 18/23.26-28    A seductress is trouble.

# 19/23.29-35    Don't drink too much.

# 20/24.1-2        Evil men are trouble.

D. Section C: Strength in Distress [#21-25] (24.3-12) 

#  21/24.3-4       Wisdom builds your house.

# 22/24.5-6        There is safety in counselors.

# 23/24.7            Wisdom is beyond a fool.

#  243/24.8-9    Scoffers are an abomination.

#25/24.10-12     Be strong in adversity.

E. Section D: Prohibitions against Involvement with the Wicked [#26-30] (24.13-22) 

#  26/24.13-14    Wisdom is like honey to your soul.

# 27/24.15-16     The righteous will rise again.

# 28/24.17-18    Don't rejoice when you enemy falls.

#  29/24.19-20  There is no future for the wicked.

# 30/24.21-22    Don't associate with those given to change.

COLLECTION 4: Further Sayings of the Wise  (24.23-34)

A. Superscription (24.23a)

B. Judging at Court (24.23b-25)

C. Correct Speaking (24.26)

D. Positive behavior in Work (24.27)

E. Wrong Speaking (24.27)

F. Negative Behavior in Work (24.30-34)

COLLECTION 5: Solomon II  (25-29)

A. Superscription (25.1)

B. Section C (25.2-27.27)

1. The Court Hierarchy and the Conflict of the Righteous and the Wicked (25.2-27).

     a. Introduction (25.2-5)

           (1) God-King-Subject Hierarchy (25.2-3)

           (2) The Conflict of the Righteous and the Wicked in the court (25.4-5)

     b. A Decalogue of Proverbs for Courtiers (25.6-15)

           (1) Admonitions for Courtiers (25.6-7a, 7b-8a, 9-10)

           (2) Sayings for Courtiers (25.11-12, 13-14, 15)

     c. General Human Conflicts (25:16-26)

           (1) Resolving Conflicts (25.16-17, 18-20, 21-22)

           (2) Unexpected Conflicts (25.23-24, 25-26)

     d. Conclusion (25.27)

2. Seven Perverted Types of Humanity (25.28-26.28)

     a. Janus: The Person Who Lacks Self-control (25.28)

     b. The Fool (26.1-12)
           (1)  Introduction (26.1-3)
           (2) Body (26.4, 5, 6-10)
                      A  v. 6
                             B  v.7
                                   C.  v.8
                             'B  v.9
                      A' v.10
           (3) Conclusion (26.11-12)

     c. The Sluggard (26.13-16)
     d. Four Kinds of Troublemakers (26:17-18)

           (1) The Busybody and Mischief Maker (26.17, 18-19)
           (2) The Slanderer (26.20-22)
           (3) The Hateful Enemy (26.23-28)
                   (a) The Enemey's Deception (26.23, 24-25)
                   (b) The Enemey's Destruction (26.26-28)

3. About Friends and Friendship (27.1-22)

       a. First Instructions of Friends and Friendships (27.1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10)
       b. Second Instructions of Friends and Friendships (27.11-21)

       c. Janus (27.22)

4. Caring for "Flocks and Herds" (27.23-27)
       a. The Adomontion: "Know Your Flocks" (27.23)
       b. Substantiation (27.24-27)

C. Section D (28.1-29-27)

1. A Relationship to tora as a Measure for Ruling and Gaining Wealth (28.1-11).

      a. Introductory Framing Proverb (28.1)

      b. First Subunit: tôrâ and Righteous Government (28.2, 3, 4-5, 6)

      c. Second Subunit: tôrâ and Righteous Government  (28.7-11)

2. The Importance of One's Relationship with God for ruling and Gaining Wealth (28.12-27)

      a. Introductory Framing Proverb (28.12)

      b. The Lord and the Ruler (28.13-14, 15-16, 17-18)

      c. Wealth and Hard Word versus Haste (28:19-20, 21-27)

      d. Wealth by Trust in the Lord and 0Generosity versus Stinginess (28.25-27)

      e. Concluding Framing Proverb (28.28)

3. Center Line: Sudden Death for the Hard-hearted (29.1)

4. Rearing and Ruling Proved Worthwhile in Dealing with the Poor (29.2-15)

      a. Introductory Framing Proverb (29.2)

      b. Joy and Stability through Righteousness (29.3, 4, 5-6)

      c. Janus (29.7)

      d. Peace through Righteousness (29.8-11,  8-9, 12-15)

5. Rearing and One's Relationship with God (29.16-27)

      a. Introductory Framing Proverbs (29.16)

      b. Necessity of Discipline (29.17-21)

      c. Spiritually Inferior Types versus Who Trust in the Lord (29.22- 25-26)

      d. Concluding Framing Proverbs (29.27)

COLLECTION 6: The Sayings of Agur Son of Jakeh (30)

A. Introduction (30.1-9)

     1. Superscription (30.1a)

     2. Agur's Autobiographical Confession (30.1b, 2-3, 4, 5-6,7-90

          a. His Inability to Attain Wisdom (30.1b-6)

          b. Agur’s Petitions for Truthfulness and Modesty (30.7-9)

B. Main Body: Seven Numerical Sayings (30.10-31)

    1. First Unit: Renouncing Greed (30.10-16)

         a. Single-Line Proverb: The Slandered Slave’s Curse (30:10)

                 (1) The Greedy Generation (30.11-14)

                 (2) The Leech (30.15a)

                 (3) Four Insatiables (30.15b-16)

   2. Second Unit: The Wisdom of Living within Boundaries (30.17-31)

        a. Single-Line: The Ignominious end of the Rebellious Child (30.17)

                 (1) Four Awesome Ways and the Awful Way of the Adulteress (30:18-20)

                 (2) Four Upside-down Social Situations (30.21-23)

                 (3) Four Wee but Wise Beasties (30.24-28)

                 (4) Four Stately Marchers (30.29-31)

C. Conclusion: A Warning not to Upset the Divine Order (30.32-33).

COLLECTION 7: The Sayings of Lemuel  (31)

A. Superscription (31.1)

B. The Noble King (31.2, 3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9)

C. The Valiant Wife (31.10-31)

    1. Introduction (31.10, 11-12)

    2. Body (31.13-15, 16-18, 27)

         a. Her Sources of Revenues (31.13-15, 16-18)

         b. Janus (31:19)

         c. Her Production (31.20-27)
                A No fear of snow  v.20
                       B Spreads palms to the poor  v.21a
                             C Household clothed   v.21b
                                     D She makes clothes for herself   v.22
                                            X Husband at the Gate  v.23
                                     D' She makes clothes for merchants  v.24
                             C' Laughs at the future  v.25a
                       B' Laughs at the future  v.25b
                A' Opens mouth with wisdom  v.26-27

    3. Conclusion (31.28-31)

Waltke, Bruce K. The Book of Proverbs. Vol. 1 & 2. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2005.

http://www.christianbook.com/the-book-of-proverbs-2-volumes/bruce-waltke/pd/82725 

Acts 17:16-31 Some Notes

Acts 17  
(adapted and modified from a message by Mark Baily at MBI Pastor's Conference 2017)
v. 16  A Provoked Spirit
v. 17  A willingness to Engage
v. 18-21  A Conflicted Culture
v. 22 A Powerful Proclamation

God is...
1. the Almighty Creator v. 24  (the Universal Lord ) (Romans 1.20-22)



2. (needs nothing) the Bountiful Giver (of life) v. 25  We acknowledge this with our thanksgiving.

4. the Sovereign Sustainer v. 26

(made from one man)
5. the Divine Designer v. 26b-27  (HIStory)

(Transcendent:  Not far from each one of us)

Paul quoted from the poet Epimenides: “For in Him we live, and move, and have our being.” --Warren W. Wiersbe, The Bible Exposition Commentary, vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1996), 473. 

6. the Eternal Father v. 28

7. Infinite Spirit v.29


(repent)
What are they to repent from?
What did he mean by repent?
μετανοέω metanoéō, met-an-o-eh'-o; from and G3539; to think differently or afterwards, i.e. reconsider (morally, feel compunction):—repent.
Act 2:38
Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Tools specific to Act 3:19
Act 3:19
“Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
Act 8:22
“Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
Act 17:30
“Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,
Act 26:20
“but declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentance.
(resurrection)

righteous:  88.13 δικαιοσύνηa, ης f: the act of doing what God requires—‘righteousness, doing what God requires, doing what is right.’ μακάριοι οἱ δεδιωγμένοι ἕνεκεν δικαιοσύνης ‘happy are those who suffer persecution because of their doing what God requires’ Mt 5:10.    --Johannes P. Louw and Eugene Albert Nida, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains (New York: United Bible Societies, 1996), 743.

Interestingly Paul (vv. 30–31) discussed the topics of sin (“to repent”), righteousness (“justice”), and judgment (“He will judge”), the same areas in which Jesus said the Holy Spirit would convict people (John 16:5–11).   --Stanley D. Toussaint, “Acts,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 2 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 404.

The Holy Spirit convicts the world of one particular sin, the sin of unbelief. The law of God and the conscience of man will convict the sinner of his sins (plural) specifically; but it is the work of the Spirit, through the witness of the believers, to expose the unbelief of the lost world. After all, it is unbelief that condemns the lost sinner (John 3:18–21), not the committing of individual sins. A person could “clean up his life” and quit his or her bad habits and still be lost and go to hell.

The Spirit also convicts the sinner of righteousness, not unrighteousness. Whose righteousness? The righteousness of Jesus Christ, the perfect Lamb of God. The world would not receive the Son of God (John 1:10), so He has returned to the Father. When He was here on earth, He was accused by men of being a blasphemer, a lawbreaker, a deceiver, and even a demoniac. The Spirit of God reveals the Saviour in the Word and in this way glorifies Him (John 16:13–14). The Spirit also reveals Christ in the lives of believers. The world cannot receive or see the Spirit of God, but they can see what He does as they watch the lives of dedicated believers.

The Spirit convicts the lost sinner of judgment. Do not confuse this statement with Acts 24:25 (“of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come”). Jesus was referring to His judgment of Satan that was effected by His death on the cross (John 12:31). Satan is the prince of this world, but he is a defeated prince. Satan has already been judged and the verdict announced. All that must take place is the executing of the sentence, and that will occur when Jesus returns.

When a lost sinner is truly under conviction, he will see the folly and evil of unbelief; he will confess that he does not measure up to the righteousness of Christ; and he will realize that he is under condemnation because he belongs to the world and the devil (Eph. 2:1–3). The only person who can rescue him from such a horrible situation is Jesus Christ, the Son of God. There can be no conversion without conviction, and there can be no conviction apart from the Spirit of God using the Word of God and the witness of the child of God.
Warren W. Wiersbe, The Bible Exposition Commentary, vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1996), 362.

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