From darkness to light

“I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'“ - Act 26v17-18

I don’t think there can be a better example of how to share out faith than Paul. God gave him many opportunities and he didn’t fail. Something about his message intrigued the people he talked to.

Here he is sitting before King Herod Agrippa II – referred to as “King of the Jews” even though he was a regional king. He was accompanied by his sister Bernice who was also his consort. They entered the room with “great pomp” and of course all of the petty officials were there as well.

God gave Paul a marvellous opportunity when Agrippa basically told him, “Tell us your story.” Perhaps he was sincere; perhaps they were going to make fun of him. It made no difference to Paul. He told his life story and got right to the point of telling them how it got saved.

If that wasn’t clear enough, he told them what his commission was and in that the gospel was so clear that Agrippa and Co. would either take it or leave it. Paul’s commission to “turn the people from darkness to light and from Satan’s power to God.”

He then made it clear how that was to happen – forgiveness in sin and the godly inheritance only comes by faith in Christ. Now we all know that message, but Paul was laying it all out for the king,

Paul apparently never missed a chance to share the glorious gospel. Why are we cowed from doing the same?