Medicine must be prescribed at the correct time the diagnosis is made. Administering medicine too early or too late does not address the problem. Prescribing the right medicine is half the problem; the patient must take it! It doesn't help if the patient recognizes the problem and refuses the cure.
The apostle Paul was one of the most erudite men in history. Paul was a student of Gamaliel (Acts 22:3) a highly respected rabbi in the Jewish faith. Paul was comfortable speaking to an itinerant field worker or to a King.
Talking to those who were religious and those who were thoroughly pagan, Paul was direct and always focused on the atoning death of Jesus. Paul spread the gospel to everyone he engaged. Some listened, some responded.
Once in the city of Caesarea, Paul had the opportunity to speak to King Agrippa (great-grandson of Herod the Great), Festus, the governor of Judea, the high ranking officers of the city, and the leading men of the city. Paul preached the resurrection of Jesus Christ to his audience and most were enlightened by the speech Paul made. But Agrippa was not sure of Paul's motives. He said to Paul, "Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?" (Acts 26:28)
Paul diagnosed the problem and prescribed the remedy: but it was refused. Have you taken the remedy for sin?
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