Acts
24:14-15 KJV
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call
heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are
written in the law and in the prophets:
And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that
there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
This is a wonderful position
for the Christian who is in any way persecuted to find himself: having to
confess only that they believe what others would call heresy
- That Jesus Christ is God
- That Jesus died for our sins and
arose with our victory
- That faith in Christ is the
sinner's door into eternal life.
Paul challenged them to find
any true accusation either of those present or those throughout Asia where he had ministered the gospel other than this
one thing. He did not need to confess of any crime or other wicked deed because
there was none.
Not that his case was fairly
treated anyway. God had other plans for Paul in Rome , plans that even this imprisonment could
further. Christians ought to occupy themselves
- To have a conscience void of
offence
- To worship God as His Word teaches
them, and
- To have no other accusation that
may be laid to their charge
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