BLESSINGS EVEN IN LEGAL SETTINGS

My Dear Precious Child,
    When Paul was brought before King Agrippa to answer to all of the accusations of the Jews, he was allowed to defend himself, which he did magnificently.  He praised the king for having been instructed in Jewish laws and customs.  Paul told the king that he, himself, had been schooled in them also, being a Jew, and that his schooling was more exact than others, being a Pharisee.  He told the king that he was being accused and judged on the grounds of the promise of the forefathers of their God.  He said that he was being accused merely on the grounds of his fulfillment of the customs of his forefathers.  He also told the king that at one time he was a persecutor and killer of the sect of Jesus Christ.  He described all of the chilling things that he did to them.  Then he launched into his salvation experience with Jesus Christ on the road to Damacus which later precipitated his telling the Jews as well as the Gentiles that they needed to repent and follow the teachings of Jesus.  He attributed his harassment and arrest by the Jews on that mere action by him, showing that he was not a lawbreaker, only a man of faith. (Acts 26:1-23) 
    When Paul got to the place in his testimony to King Agrippa where he told about the fact that Jesus Christ was crucified, went to hell for the sins of the world and was raised from the dead, Festus yelled out to Paul that Paul's intense learning had driven him insane, that he was considered emotionally and mentally mad. 
     In his defense Paul stated that he was not insane, that he was only speaking the Truth.  Paul reminded the officials that the experiences of which he was speaking were not done in secret, but were attested to by many people.  Then he asked the king if he, himself, gave any credence at all to the words of the prophets who are My messengers?  
    Instead of professing to give credence to the words of the prophets, King Agrippa then accused Paul of trying to make him, the king, a Christian by persuasion in short notice at the hearing, to which Paul replied that whether in either short or long persuasion, he wished that everyone in his hearing might become as he was, a Christian, but without the chains that he was wearing.
    All of the officials rose and exited the court hearing convinced that Paul had been falsely accused and arrested.  King Agrippa even commented to Festus that Paul would have already been set free is he had not appealed to Caesar. 
    Paul's ministry journey to Rome continued with much fanfare after the court hearing, much to the chagrin of the Jews.  Paul had received favor even in persecution and court hearings, which continued.  (Acts 26:24-32)
    Your Father of Magnificent Provisions