Paul’s Trial Before Felix Part Two

 Meditations on The Acts of the Apostles

April 30, 2021

Paul’s Trial Before Felix

Part Two

“It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.”

Acts 24:21b

Read: Acts 24: 10-21      

Is there something in Paul’s witness that is relevant to our lives? Everything written by Paul was lived out by Paul. Whether he was in jail or speaking in his own defense, Paul affirms his faith and his calling. He is not bitter. He is trusting that God was at work in him and in his circumstances. Paul was not focused on his difficulties; rather, he was focused on how he could live the life in Christ and proclaim the Good News in the midst of his circumstances. As I read Paul’s defense, I thought of these words he wrote to the Corinthians:

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. (2 Corinthians 4:7-11)

My Takeaway: Father, forgive me for all the time and energy I put into trying to get you to change my circumstances. By your grace, may Jesus be made visible in my mortal flesh, regardless of my circumstances. Amen

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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