There are some interesting characters that crop up in the Book of Acts. Because these people lived 2,000 years ago does not mean that they were uneducated or that they lacked intelligence.
On the contrary they were bright, well informed individuals.
St Paul had been told when he was converted to Christ that he would be a witness to kings and rulers and, thirty years later, it came to pass.
He was brought before Herod Agrippa and his wife, Bernice, to explain the new faith of Christianity.
Such was the power on his testimony that Agrippa suddenly blurted out:
"Almost you convince me to be a Christian"
He would probably have been converted right there had it not been for his wife Bernice. She held a rare influence upon him. She was a profligate woman living in an immoral relationship with Agrippa. She was also a lapsed Jewess and likely froze the King with a baleful stare when she heard of her need of repentance.
I have found that wives have powerful effect upon their husbands for good or bad.
One man said boldly, "I am the head of my house" to which the wife immediately replied "And I am the neck that turns his head."
In this case Bernice was the neck that turned the head of Agrippa away from making his peace with God.
Remember it is not sufficient to be "almost" a Christian, we must be "altogether" believers in Christ and then live out this conviction in
a skeptical world.
Jubilate.
Ian
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