2 Kings16 & 17, Acts 26: 24-32, Acts 27: 1-12, Psalm 104: 19-30
Acts 26: 31-32 (ESV)
“And when they had withdrawn, they said to one another,
“This man is doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment.” And Agrippa said
to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to
Caesar.”
Verses 31 through 32 shows the verdict of Paul’s hearing in
front of Festus and King Agrippa in Caesarea. Paul was such a persuasive
speaker that both Festus and Agrippa wanted to free him, but since Paul appealed
to Caesar they had to send him on to Rome. But since God had told Paul in Acts
23 that he would testify in Rome, so Paul said he wanted to appeal to Caesar to
obey what God had told him.
Paul was a very persuasive speaker, and he almost convinced
King Agrippa to become a Christian. Paul was allowed to speak to an audience who
would not normally hear him, so he was following God’s plan to spread the word
of God to as many people as possible. Sometimes we are in difficult situations
by design like Paul to fulfill God’s plan. We might not immediately perceive
the God’s plan at the moment, but if we have faith in God we have to trust that
whatever is happening to us good or bad is part of God’s plan.
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