Pastor Brent continues concluding his Acts series, “To the Ends of the Earth.” In this sermon covering two full chapters, Pastor Brent outlines Festus and Agrippa II (ch. 25) and Paul’s Speech (ch. 26). We find a vast contrast between the holy and humble Apostle Paul and the prideful power of the worldly magistrates. Pastor Brent pays particular attention to the history of the Herods in Israel and the specifics of Paul’s testimony. Formerly a self-justified, strict Pharisee and fanatical persecutor of Christians, Paul was saved and justified by Jesus! Paul articulated a three-fold call of the gospel in ch. 26: Jesus appeared to him (v. 16); He rescued him (v. 17a); and He sent him (v. 17b-18). Christianity isn’t merely a set of ideas. It’s an encounter with the living God! The only proper response? “What would You have me do, Lord? I am yours.”