Paul Appears Before King Agrippa—Acts 25:13-27

Acts 15:12–22 (NKJV) 12 Then all the multitude kept silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring how many miracles and wonders God had worked through them among the Gentiles. 13 And after they had become silent, James answered, saying, “Men and brethren, listen to me: 14 Simon has declared ho…

9 Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. 10 See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant.”

Luther did not make him a villain. He said the King will find not one man but a large company without the garment, and that “these are pious people.” They heard the Gospel and understood it, “yet they cleaved to certain works and did not creep entirely into Christ” (Luther, Church Postil, Trinity 2…

The kingdom suffers violence in another sense, and it suffered all of it on one Friday. The King let Himself be taken. He was bound, beaten, mocked, and nailed to a cross. God “set forth [Him] as a propitiation by His blood, through faith” (Rom. 3:25). Every blow your sin deserved fell on Him. The …