Acts 25:11b - “I appeal unto Caesar.”
In Chapter 25, Paul is disgusted with the legal maneuvering and political manipulation of the entire judicial system. He has grown weary of being a political pawn, being moved back and forth to different locations, to be seen and heard by those who wish to sit in judgment of him. He said, “Enough is enough, I have done nothing wrong. I appeal to Caesar.”
Paul, being well educated in his legal rights as a Roman citizen, knew he could make this appeal and that it would trump any other attempt to judge him. Just as Paul knew his legal rights as a Roman, so we, as Americans, need to know our legal rights and freedoms as Christians and exercise them before they are legislated away.
As Sir Edmund Burke put it , “All that is needed for evil to prevail, is for good men to do nothing.” When good men do nothing, they get nothing good done. The Lord commands his people to do good (Luke 6:35; Eph. 2:10). Christ "gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works" (Titus 2:14).
The Truth
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap" (Gal. 6:7).
May we sow to righteousness. Blessings to all.
