Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Acts 26:1-8
by: Susan Bond.
With reverence and humility, Paul spoke the truth plainly. Notice that Paul showed respect not only for the king but also for his accusers as he testified how "they earnestly serve God day and night" (Acts 26:7, NIV).
How can he sport such an attitude? We know it's due to the heart transplant he had on the road to Damascus. Christ says, "For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" (See Matthew 12:34-37). What's glorious here is not only how Paul spoke but what he spoke. His focus was on proclaiming the gospel. In one brief address Paul obeys the Great Commandment and the Great Commission.