Paul could forget God's earlier promise of appearing before Caesar, Acts 23:11, by experiencing an existential threat to his life in heavy winds and heaving seas. How many of us have felt like giving up when:
However, once turning from passenger to prophet, from having a common despair to offering an uncommon hope, Paul changed gloom to glow, and hopelessness to heroism. In the same way we have merit before our skeptical, godless world. As he possessed a winsome personality bolstered by an absolute faith that God had:
We discover that our sins and bodily and intellectual shortcomings only HINDER, not PREVENT, our successful witness if we have our life anchored there! Then, with a life that at least:
Christians have for too long used our failed humanity as an excuse not to proclaim Christ's perfection. As if the spiritual battle is between us and satan, not between Christ's Truth and satan's lies! Christians, the integrity of God's Word and God's Son stimulates our witness if we admit to being only saved sinners who must, despite our failures as Christians, proclaim Christ Alone as our Savior and Christ Alone as humanity's HOPE. But take heart, Christians. We do not lose our integrity as witnesses of Christ:
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