Acts
26:24 ¶ And as he thus spake for
himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much
learning doth make thee mad. 25 But he
said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and
soberness. 26 For the king knoweth of
these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of
these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
27 King Agrippa, believest thou the
prophets? I know that thou believest. 28
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou
persuadest me to be a Christian. 29
And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that
hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these
bonds. 30 And when he had thus spoken,
the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
31 And when they were gone aside, they
talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of
bonds. 32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus,
This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
Agrippa notes to Festus
the irony of Paul’s innocence and yet the danger he put himself into by
appealing to Caesar. Still, this is all part of God’s plan to get Paul to Rome
in spite of himself.
Notice here how Agrippa
makes the important statement;
Almost
thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
Many people who
acknowledge the moral teachings of Jesus consider Him a great teacher of
morality but deny any possibility of the resurrection and therefore miss the
mark of salvation. They would say almost thou persuadeth me to be a
Christian and never be one. In our culture many people who are engaged in
good works such as Masons will acknowledge all that Jesus said except they will
argue that all religions are a way to God, thereby calling Jesus a liar and
missing the mark set by God for salvation.
No comments:
Post a Comment