The battle was God’s: 1 Chronicles 5:18-6:81
In such a short time can you persuade me to become a Christian? Acts 26:1-32
Be merciful to me, O Lord: Psalm 6:1-10
The tongue has the power of life and death: Proverbs 18:20-21
Check out today’s passage from Acts. I love this stuff, because it’s not fiction. This really happened!
Paul was talking to King Agrippa, who had the authority to let the Jews execute Paul. Yet, when Paul told the king about Jesus appearing to him, he also talked about Jesus wanting Paul to tell everyone to repent & believe in God – including the Gentiles. By the way, the Gentles are all non-Jews, including the Romans. Instead of cowering in a little corner hoping King Agrippa would be nice to him, Paul took the gospel to the king knowing that it might offend the king. The king already had a religion.
Yet, it’s not over. In the last verse of today’s passage, King Agrippa said that Paul would have been set free had he not appealed to Caesar. The Holy Spirit gave Paul not only the words to say, but also the guts to say them with a no-matter-what, no-matter-who kind of attitude. This allowed Paul to eventually take the gospel to the highest authority in the Roman empire.
What goals does the Holy Spirit have for you?
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