SCRIPTURE: Acts (NIV) 25:18 When his accusers got up to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected. 19 Instead, they had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man named Jesus whom Paul claimed was alive. 20 I was at a loss how to investigate such matters;
OBSERVATION: Festus was explaining to King Agrippa about an earlier hearing he conducted to determine if Paul was guilty of the charges against him.
It is interesting to read his description of Jesus—“a dead man named Jesus whom Paul claimed was alive.”
APPLICATION: There are many people in the world with a limited understanding of who Jesus is. Some think He was a great man, even a great prophet. That is what they have been taught. They do not know that He is God, He is alive today, and He is still doing miracles. They do not know that His death on the cross can be the payment for their sins. They do not know that He will make their heart His home!
Some of them live and work close to me. God wants to use me to expand their understanding of who Jesus is and what a great privilege it is to serve Him!
PRAYER: Lord, may people easily see that I count it a great privilege to serve you! You are such a wonderful Lord! I cannot think of anything better to do with my life than to dedicate it to you! Amen.
Pastor Leon
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