And Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time would you persuade me to be a Christian?”
Agrippa confesses he cannot gainsay the truth, yet refuses to yield willingly, pride of human nature resisting until the Spirit of God brings it under obedience. Paul's answer shows his zeal to spread Christ's glory even in chains, desiring all who hear him to escape Satan's deadly snares.
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Paul had scarcely touched the power of Christ's death and resurrection, the very heartbeat of his cause, when Festus cuts him off, calling him mad. But this is the expedient of a coward: by declaring Paul insane, Festus avoids both condemning him as a criminal and believing him as a preacher. A convenient escape, but a contemptible one.
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Commenting on Acts 26:24-32
Paul's prayer reveals his affection for souls and his sense that conversion requires God's power and grace, not man's will. He wishes not that they were as he once was, a bigoted persecutor, but as he is now: regenerated, justified, sanctified, and heirs of eternal life.
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