Today, I am reading and commenting on  Acts 26-28.

When Paul was speaking before Governor Festus and King Agrippa he said something which struck me.  He told them that when he was working to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth, he would seek out Believers and attempt to force them to blaspheme in order to have them put to death.   So, Paul, when he was still Saul, thought that followers of Jesus should be put to death, but knew that he needed to convince others that they were guilty of some crime deserving death.  To accomplish that end, he sought to get them to say something which he could twist to being taken as blasphemy.  In the same way today, many who oppose Christ will seek to get His followers to say things which they can use to convince others that His followers are hateful people.  Be careful not to let such people turn you against other Believers.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.