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Well, if you will, turn with
me to Acts chapter 26. Tonight, we'll look at Paul's
testimony before King Agrippa. This is actually phase 3 of the
Apostles' trial. If you remember, as Paul was
in prison in Rome, and there was a terrible plot for his life,
and they had determined that they would eat or drink nothing,
until they had taken Paul's life and there were some 40 individuals
that had taken this pledge. They knew they had to get Paul
out of town so they took him to Caesarea and there he came
under the authority of one by the name of Felix. Felix was
not a very good leader, in fact he was a very inept leader, he
was a former slave. and one that did not truly know
how to conduct an office of leadership. But he kept Paul in prison for
some two years, Paul continually going to him and him calling
for Paul, wanting to hear the gospel, interested in the gospel,
wanting to hear more about the gospel. And then finally, after
two years, because he was such a poor leader, Rome replaced
him and replaced him with Festus. Paul also stood before Festus
brought the gospel to Festus Festus is is kind of between
a rock and a hard place because Paul has a has called or has,
being a Roman citizen, he had demanded to see Nero to have
his case tried before the emperor. And so this truly took Paul out
of his jurisdiction. But yet he had to have some charge
to send with Paul. Otherwise, the emperor would
not look very favorably upon Festus. And so after Festus had
become the governor, Agrippa, who's the king, the Jewish king,
came in an act of respect and honor, came to pay a visit to
Festus. This King Agrippa, by the way,
is King Herod Agrippa. His father is the Herod that
was eaten with worms. He's the one that had James beheaded. Not a particularly good man. His great-grandfather was none
other than the Herod that sought to have Jesus put to death. He's
the Herod that was king when Jesus was born. So this Herod
Agrippa comes from a long line of Herods. Well, as we look at
the text, as Herod, or Agrippa, is speaking with Festus, and
of course, Agrippa has come with his supposed queen, in reality,
she is his sister, Bernice, and most historians believe that
Agrippa had illicit relations with his sister, Bernice, but
they had come, And after a certain period of time, Festus shares
with Agrippa the situation concerning Paul. In verses 13 and 14 of
chapter 25, we read, After certain days, King Agrippa and Bernice
came unto Caesarea to salute Festus. And when they had been
there many days, Festus declared Paul's calls unto the king, saying,
There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix, about whom, when
I was in Jerusalem, the chief priest and the elders of the
Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him. To
whom I answered, it is not the manner of the Romans to deliver
any man to die before that he which is accused have the accusers
face to face, and have license to answer for himself concerning
the crime laid against him. Therefore, when they were come
hither, without any delay on the morrow, I sat at judgment
seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth, against whom,
when the accuser stood up, they brought none accusation of such
things as I supposed, but had certain questions against him
of their own superstition, and of one Jesus which was dead,
whom Paul affirmed to be alive. And because I doubted of such
manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem
and there be judged of these matters. But when Paul had appealed
to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him
to be kept till I send him unto Caesar." So Paul describes, I
mean Festus describes Paul to Agrippa Agrippa is quite interested. He's ready to hear. And so Agrippa
said to Festus, I would also hear the man myself. Tomorrow,
said he, thou shalt hear. And so Paul is now about to go
into the presence of Agrippa. Agrippa enters into the the meeting place with great
pomp, verse 33, on the morrow when Agrippa was come and Bernice
with great pomp was entered into the place of hearing with the
chief captains and principal men of the city. At Festus' commandment,
Paul was brought forth. And so, Paul is brought forth.
Festus, again, is relieved that Paul is going to Agrippa because
he really doesn't have any charges to bring against Paul. In fact,
in verse 26, we read of whom I have no certain thing to write
unto my Lord, wherefore I have brought them forth before you,
specifically before thee, O King Agrippa, that after examination
had, I might have somewhat to write, I might have some charge
to bring against Paul." So chapter 26 opens with Paul gladly standing
and giving his defense, technically Paul was not required to speak,
not required to give defense, because he's appealed to Rome.
And so he dealt from under their jurisdiction. So technically,
Paul doesn't have to say a thing. He doesn't have to come before
them. They don't have any jurisdiction
to try him. This is all because Paul wants
to have an opportunity to share the gospel. That's his motive.
That's what he always does. And so, he opens with giving
a defense of his testimony concerning Christ. And again, his motive
is not to exonerate himself. It would do little good. He's
appealed to Rome. His motive is to convert his listeners.
And so, as we come into chapter 26, Paul gives his defense. Now, in verses... I mean, in chapter 24, And in
chapter 26, we find some distinct ways in which men respond to
the gospel of Christ. Now, we've already seen the response
of Felix. Felix's response was that of
interest. He was interested in hearing
Paul, interested in the gospel. You know, normally we think Dead
men cannot be interested in the gospel. No, not true. We are
religious by nature. Lost men are often interested
in hearing the gospel because we are religious. Lost men are
naturally interested in religion. It should not surprise us that
they are sometimes even interested in the Christian religion. I
mean, there are probably as many lost people in churches in the
United States than there are believers. Lost people can be
very interested in Christianity. But Felix's problem was one of
delay. He was interested, wanted to
hear But he continued to delay. We see in verse 25 of chapter
24, and he reasoned of righteousness, temperance and judgment to come.
Felix trembled and answered, Go thy way for this time. When
I have convenient season, I will call for thee. This went on time
and time again. He would bring his wife before
Paul time and time again. He would say, Go away, Paul.
And then at a suitable time, I'll call you back again. Continuing
to delay. And of course we know many, many
people that come under this category. They've heard the gospel. They're
not in severe opposition to the gospel. They just continue to
delay. Many young people are this way
because young people by their very nature think they're going
to live forever. Think they have a lot of time.
They don't see that it's a matter of great importance now. And
so later, perhaps when I'm 20, 25 or 30, maybe after I get out
of school, maybe after I get a good job, maybe after I'm married
and have children, maybe, and their whole life tends to be
this way, putting off, delaying, and finally dying, and they go
to hell. We have no indication that Felix
is any place right now than hell. Save the grace of God. And then
last time, We looked at Governor Festus. And Governor Festus was
not like Felix. Felix was one that says, interested,
Paul, I like what you have to say. Tell me more. Well, maybe
at some point I may actually receive what you have to say.
Not so with Festus. Festus, his position was one
of absolute unbelief. Verse 24 of chapter 26. And as
he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul,
thou art beside thyself. Much learning doth make thee
mad. Festus interrupts Paul. He can
no longer contain himself. He was brought to a place of
fury, of anger. As he hears Paul, you can imagine
it was starting to brew and fester as Paul speaks of his conversion,
as Paul speaks of Christ, as Paul speaks of the resurrection.
And Festus is going nuts, terrible, unbelievable. I cannot believe
this man, who is supposed to be a man of learning, would actually
embrace such nonsense. And so, finally, he explodes
and he says, Much learning doth make thee mad. In other words,
Paul, you have studied yourself into lunacy. I cannot believe
that you would actually believe such a thing. So he sees Paul
as a crazed fanatic, an over-crazed religious hypocrite that would
believe such things. Festus's position is the position
of many also. These are people who see genuine
Christianity as being a religion of fanatics. Cultural Christianity
is okay. Just don't take it too far. It's
okay if you want to go to church. How many people have you heard
say, you know, I'm a very spiritual person. I'm just not very religious. But you know, if you want to
be religious, that's okay. Just don't take it too far. They
look upon us as having taken it too far. As I spoke last time, Festus is the type that's dangerous. Your phoenixes, they're not going
to persecute. They're friendly towards Christianity.
Oh yeah, I'll hear a little more. Tell me some more. And they just
continue to go their way. Perhaps they were raised in the
church. Perhaps their parents were godly individuals, part
of the church. Perhaps daddy was a deacon. Perhaps
daddy was a pastor. You know, I'm okay with religion,
but not Festus. Festus, these are the type that
persecute. These are the type that will
burn you at the stake. These are the type that will
stone you to death. These are the type that will,
in any way they can, bring harm to you. Because these are the
type that openly despise and hate Christianity. But tonight,
I want to call your attention to the third. This is Paul's
third defense. And this is before King Agrippa.
Now notice, as Festus has his unleashing of anger and hatred
towards Paul and Christianity, verse 24, Festus says with a
loud voice, Thou art beside thyself, much learning doth make thee
mad. And then Paul's response is quite
informative. Paul simply looks at him, doesn't
get angry, doesn't shout back, doesn't try to argue with Festus. He simply says, he looks at Festus
and he says, I'm not mad, most noble Festus. He speaks with
respect. He's talking to the governor.
This is the Roman governor. And so he says, most noble Festus. It would be akin to us saying,
your honor, your honor, I'm not mad, but I speak forth the words
of truth and soberness." And then it's almost as if Festus
disappeared, because he looks at Festus, he says, most noble
Festus, I'm not mad. And then it's almost like Festus
disappears and he turns and he looks at Agrippa. Which is what
we do. Someone like Felix, who postpones
and delays, we continue patiently dealing with them, day after
day. I'll hear more, I'll tell you
more. You want to hear more, I'll tell you more. Day after
day, it may go on for year after year, people delaying as we plead
with their soul, but we continue to stay with them. But here's
Festus. Festus says, this is nuts! This is horrible! You know, Paul,
you're crazy! Paul respectfully says, No, sir,
I am not crazy. And then he turns and he looks
to Agrippa. So the text says, I'm not mad,
Festus. I speak the words of truth and
soberness. For the king knows of these things
before whom I also speak freely. For I am persuaded that none
of these things are hidden from him. For this thing was not done
in a corner. King Agrippa. Believest thou
the prophets? I know that thou believest. Then
Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost persuadest me to be a Christian. Agrippa was convinced. Convinced
of the truth of the gospel. And he says, Almost. I'm almost
there. Almost. You persuade me to be
a Christian. Now, there is some disagreement
as to exactly the meaning of Paul's words as we have them
before us. And it's reflected in the various
translations. There is a slight textual disagreement. The modern text, when I say modern
text, I'm referring to the Nestle-Alem, the United Bible Society text. When I say modern, I'm not talking
about a newer text. As far as the Greek text, I'm
just saying it's the text that modern translations use, as opposed
to the Received Text or the Textus Receptus. In the Received Text,
it uses the word genomai. And in the other translations,
it used the words poieo. Poieo means to make or to do. Genomai... Get on my means to
become. So you see the difference. One
is to make one something. The other one is to become something. Well. The translations that tend
to translate it as almost a more sarcastic tone, ESV, the NIV,
they translate something like, do you think you can convince
me to be a Christian in such a short period of time? In other
words, it's almost a sarcastic tone. Do you really think in
such a short period of time, Paul, you can convince me to
be a Christian? Could it be that Agrippa was
indeed stirred by the words spoken by Paul, which the King James
reflects clearly in saying, almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Or the New American Standard
takes that approach too. The New American Standard translates
it, Agrippa replied to Paul, in a short time you will persuade
me to be a Christian. It's not a question. It's not
an interrogative statement. And so, he's not asking a question. He's not saying, in a short time,
will you persuade me to be a Christian? No, he's making a statement.
In a short time, you will persuade me to become a Christian. In
essence, he's saying the same thing. Almost persuadest thou
me to be a Christian. Many, many people Although they
may not preach from the King James, for example, notable R.C. Sproul, who I respect greatly
and profit from his teaching. R.C. Sproul, a huge proponent
of the ESV. The ESV translates it more in
the sarcastic tone. Do you think you can convince
me to be a Christian in such a short period of time? But yet
I heard a message from him the other day, almost persuade us,
thou me, to be a Christian. Would you persuade me to be a
Christian? Yeah, in such a short time, which anyway. It's still taking the, this is
the NIV that I quoted, it's still taking that same point of view.
Would you persuade me to be a Christian in such a short period of time?
As opposed to, I'm almost there. I'm almost persuaded to be a
Christian. Almost thou persuadest me to
be a Christian. The point is, Agrippa agrees
with all of the facts. In fact, Paul asked him the question.
He says, Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? Do you actually
have you heard them? Have you understood them? Do
you believe what they say? All of them point to Christ. Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? And of course, King Agrippa did
believe the prophets. He's a Jew brought up in the
Jewish tradition. He did believe the prophets. And he had also heard of Christ. You have to imagine that Agrippa
heard about Christ in many different ways. His dad had put James to
death. He's heard of Christ. And his great-grandfather was
actually an authority when the king was born, when Jesus Christ
came into the world. And he was so stirred by the
prophecies that he knew that this young child was declared
of God to be the king of the Jews. Kill him because he will
threaten my throne. Agrippa had heard his whole life
stories about this child growing up, stories about him, the position
that he gained in Jerusalem as multitudes were following him.
He would have heard much about Christ. And not only this, the
very situation concerning Christ, his ministry in Jerusalem, his
crucifixion, all of this. was common knowledge. It was
all known. When Jesus meets the disciples
on the road to Emmaus, and Jesus says, you know, paraphrasing,
guys, what's the matter? And they answered, paraphrasing,
are you from Mars? You haven't heard? Everyone's
heard what's happened. Everyone. knows what happened. All the Jews understand clearly
about this Jesus. And that's the reason Paul says
in verse 26, For the king knoweth of these things, before whom
I also speak freely. For I'm persuaded that none of
these things are hidden from him. For this thing was not done
in a corner. This thing was done openly. And you all know about it. Well, Paul had spoken the message
of the gospel plainly and clearly, enough to throw Festus into a
fit of rage. He had spoken the gospel plainly
and clearly. He mentions on verse 13 in chapter
26, At midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven
above the brightness of the sun shining round about me with them
which journeyed with me. When we were all fallen to the
earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me and saying in the Hebrew
tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee
to kick against the pricks. And I said, who art thou, Lord?
And he said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. But rise and
stand upon thy feet. For I have appeared unto thee
for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both
of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in
which I will appear unto thee, delivering thee from the people
and from the Gentiles unto whom now I send you, to open their
eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power
of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins,
and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith which
is in me." had preached clearly the gospel of Christ. Agrippa
had heard, and Agrippa's response, I'm almost there, Paul. You've
almost convinced me. The things you have to say are
absolutely true, and I am almost there. Why then did Agrippa not
flee to Christ? in faith and repentance. He's
heard of sin. He's heard that Satan has this
world bound in darkness. He's understood clearly that
Christ is the only way of salvation. Why is it that he did not drop
all things then and there and say, what must I do to be saved? Well, I think there's several
reasons why he did not. One, because I think he had too
much invested in this world. which is the problem of most
people. Too much invested in this world. The love of this
world is what keeps countless millions from everlasting life. Parable of the sower, Matthew
13, 22. He also that received the seed
among the thorns is he that heareth the word and the care of this
world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word and he
becometh unfruitful. I grew up a herd. But yet the
seed took no root, unfruitful, had no effect, almost persuaded,
but not there. Jesus said in Matthew 19, Verily
I say unto you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom
of heaven. Again I say unto you, it is easier
for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich
man to enter into the kingdom of God. He was not willing to
turn from his life? What would others say? What would
Festus say? Festus has just looked at Paul
and said, Paul! You are out of your mind! What
if Agrippa would have said, Paul! I believe! I trust! Yes, this Christ is indeed the
Son of God, the Savior! Yes, I bow before Him! What would
Festus have said about Agrippa? What would the Jews have said
about Agrippa? Remember, the Jews wanted Paul
put to death. They were willing to travel from
Jerusalem all the way to Caesarea. And after two years has passed,
they were willing to make that journey because they hated Paul. What would the Jews have done
to Agrippa? Remember, Agrippa's job Festus's
job, keep peace among the Jews. The Roman authorities would not
tolerate dissent. So keep peace at all costs. Keep
peace. What would have happened if the
king would have trusted Christ? He was not willing to do this.
It could have been that Agrippa was convinced of the truth of
the gospel, but he was not willing to give up his position. He's
the king. He's not willing to give up his
great position of pomp. Don't forget again the way he
entered into the arena where Paul is giving his defense. On
the morrow when Griffith was come and Bernice with great pomp
and was entered into the place of hearing and the chief captains
and the principal men of the city at Festus' commandment,
Paul was brought forth. The word for pomp here is phantasia
in the Greek. Phantasia is the word that we
get, you can hear it, fantasy. In fact, if you do a strict transliteration
of the word, it's letter by letter, it spells out fantasia. In other words, it's one who
goes forth with a great sense of show, something flashy, something
that catches the eye, Agrippa enters into this place with such
pomp that catches the eye because all these chief men of the city
and the Jewish leaders, they're looking at him and you have to
imagine he had his kingly robe on as he goes and he sits on
his kingly throne. He's not willing to give up his
royal position. And could it be that he got this
from his father? Fathers tend to pass on many
of their unfavorable traits under their children. You remember
his father? His father is the one, and on
a set date, Herod, arrayed in royal apparel with pomp, I'm
sure, sat on his throne and made an oration to them. And the people
gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god and not of a man.
And immediately, The angel of the Lord smote him because he
gave not God the glory and was eaten of worms and gave up the
ghost. Agrippa loved the pomp, the attention. He loved putting on his royal
robes. Surely he would not be willing
to put down his own robe in order to place the robe upon Christ. Not willing, not willing to give
this up. And what a contrast it must have
been as Agrippa is sitting upon his throne with Bernice sitting
at his side and all these people around and with great show and
outward expression of pomp and enters the room. Remember, they
all come in and they're seated. And then at the command of Festus,
Paul is brought forth. Historians say that Paul would
have been a short man, ball-headed, advancing in years by this point.
So here comes Paul with a plain white toga on, probably hunched
over a bit, completely unassuming, no pomp, with absolute meekness
and humility, slowly comes walking in. What a contrast between this
man who is so full of himself and Paul who doesn't even have
to come at all but he took the opportunity to share the gospel
of Christ what a contrast and could it be that Agrippa had
invested so much in the Jewish religion knowing that if he received
Christ He would be expelled from the temple. He would be ostracized
by the Jewish leaders. He would be one that would be
completely an outcast from all that Judaism pointed to. Why
were so many Jewish people in poverty in Jerusalem? Why were there so many poor people
that Paul was taking up a collection among so many of the churches
that we read in the New Testament? Why is it that Jerusalem was
so much worse off than many of the other places? Because these
Jewish brethren lost everything. They were ostracized. They lost
their jobs, their livelihood. They were outcast. They were
excluded. They could no longer enter into
the life of the Jewish community. Could it be that he had so much
invested in the Jewish community, he was not willing to give it
up to receive Christ. Matthew Henry says, Agrippa saw
a great deal of reason for Christianity. The proofs of it he owns are
strong and such as he cannot answer the objections against
it trifling and such as he cannot for shame insist upon. so that
if it were not for his obligations to the ceremonial law and his
respect to the religion of his fathers and of his country, or
his regard to his dignity as a king and his secular interest,
he would have turned to Christianity immediately. But he would not. He did not. Could it be that
although he was convinced of the truth of the gospel, He was
not willing to forsake his sin. Human beings love their sin.
Don't forget, Bernice is his sister. Remember as he comes
marching in with great pop on the morrow when Agrippa was come
and Bernice with great pop entered into the palace of hearing with
the chief priest and the principal men of the city. Could it be? that he was so steeped in his
sin with the illicit affair with his sister, in which only the
most base individual would enter into such an incestuous relationship. Could it be that he was not willing
to forsake the pleasures of sin in order to embrace Christ? How
many people do we know just like King Agrippa Oh, they're not
vicious against the gospel like Festus was. Agrippa is not railing
against Paul. He's not saying, Paul, I agree
with Festus. You are mad. You are a lunatic. You are out of your mind. He
doesn't say that. He says, Paul, I'm almost there. You almost convinced me to be
a Christian. I am almost there. How many people
do we know that way? They're favorable towards the
gospel, polite when you speak to them about Christ. Perhaps
they hear a message stirred to the very depths of their soul.
They tremble at the words they've heard. They've heard clearly
the nature of the living God who is holy. They've heard clearly
the nature of the law which condemns them, the law which serves as
their schoolmaster to show that they are indeed guilty before
the living God. They've seen themselves clearly
in the mirror, but then They go away. Almost! I mean, trembling
in their seat, holding on to the back of the chair till their
knuckles turn white. Almost there! But then when it's
all over, they're able to walk out of the back of the church.
Or perhaps, even before they get out the door, they meet someone
in the back and they start laughing and chuckling about their week
and the things of life. And they forget what manner of
man they saw just a few moments before. which James says in James
1.23. For if any be a hearer of the
word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural
face in a glass, the glass being a mirror. For he beholdeth himself,
and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man
he was, almost persuaded. For how many people in our generation
are members of local churches, They attend every Sunday. They
tithe of their income. They're there every time the
doors of the church are open. Involved in the life of the church.
Come to every activity. But Christ does not grip their
heart. They go out and live just like
everyone else in the world. There's no reality of Christ
in them. They're religious. Almost persuaded. Almost! But Christ means nothing
to them. The very nature of religion is
it can be so distracting. Churches have so many things
to do. There are gymnasiums. There's
this activity and that activity. So much to occupy our thoughts
and attention in church. We feel good about ourselves
because we're so much a part of the church. Do not know Christ. Almost persuaded. How many people
will stand before Christ. They'll call him Lord, Master.
Because after all, I do know him, don't I? Lord, Lord! We were involved! We did many
wonderful things in your name! By your name! We've done much! Jesus says, I don't even know
you. I've never known you. Depart from me. Almost. Almost. but not there. Almost saved is to be totally
lost. How many people get almost there,
but then it's not enough? You know, an airplane that's
coming in for a landing that almost makes the runway, a matter
of feet off, crashes and people lose their lives. The mother
in labor who almost makes it to the hospital still delivers
in the back seat of the car. Almost. We were watching the
Olympics last night for a moment. A young lady from Louisiana attended
LSU, running the hurdles. She was a shoe-in. The gold was
hers. There was no doubt. Everyone
knew she was going to win. And indeed, she was winning.
She was ahead of everyone, leaping over the hurdles like a deer. Incredible to watch, and she
was ahead. Almost to the finish line! The gold medal was hers! She could see it! But the second
to the last hurdle, her foot hit it. She tripped. She stumbled. Three other people went ahead
of her. She didn't get the gold. She didn't get the silver. She
didn't get the bronze. The shoe-in. The one that should
have won. Almost! She did! But almost isn't
enough. She still came in, in the pack,
but almost isn't enough. In many ways, Agrippa was like
Felix. Felix was waiting for a better
time. Tell me more, Paul. Maybe later. That's what Agrippa's doing.
I'm almost persuaded. Maybe later. Perhaps at another
time. Perhaps when all these people
are not here watching. Maybe, you know, some later time. But of course, Jesus will not
have this kind of profession. Jesus says, whosoever therefore
shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before
my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before
men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
There are multitudes in this world who are blessed in having
heard the gospel. It's a great blessing to hear
it, to be born in a land where it's preached openly, to be born
in a home where you hear the gospel. It's a great blessing. What do you do with it? What
will you do with it? What will our young people do
with the gospel they've heard over and over? What will your
coworker do, your neighbor? people that hear the gospel over
and over and over. Perhaps many will be like Felix,
who continued to delay to the destruction of his soul. Some
like Festus, who consider the truth too unbelievable to embrace. Some like Agrippa, that are so
close, but yet still perish in their sin. The Gospel demands
that we believe today. Today, if you hear His voice,
harden not your hearts. Today is the day of salvation. Today is the day that we must
hear and believe. The common thread in all three
of these, common thread, pride. The nature of the human heart.
Why didn't Felix believe? Pride. Tell me more later. Why didn't Festus believe? Pride. Paul, you gotta be foolish to
believe such a thing. No wise man would ever believe
such rubbish. And then Agrippa. Almost, but
after all, I like the pump. After all, I'll hold my religion,
thank you very much. After all, I don't want to give
up my wealth. After all, I don't want to give
up my sin. Almost, but not there. Christ is worthy of all, of all
today. Either he's captivated our heart
or he has not. Almost is not good enough. We must embrace him completely
or not at all. Let's pray. Heavenly Father,
may these three men continually serve as a warning to us. Felix. and perished in his sin. Or Festus,
who had such a hatred of Christianity, despised it, would not have it.
He perished in his sin. And Agrippa, who almost became
a Christian, but still perished in his sin. Father, may it be
a reminder to us that Christ is either worthy of our life,
or he's not, God help us to see him as truly precious, wonderful,
glorious to behold, and help us to forsake all and follow
him. Thank you, Father, for such a
glorious gospel and such a glorious Savior. In Jesus' name we pray.
Almost Persuaded To Be A Christian
Series Acts
| Sermon ID | 824082330261 |
| Duration | 42:06 |
| Date | |
| Category | Midweek Service |
| Bible Text | Acts 26:25-32 |
| Language | English |
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