What are the accusations against you?
Acts 24:5 – “For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:”
As I read through this chapter this morning three words jumped off the page at met:
Tertullus, a spokesman for the Jews, came a down to Cæsarea to bring accusations against Paul and used three powerful words to describe Paul:
First He called Paul a pestilent. Paul was like a disease or infection in every city he entered. One thing was for sure when Paul went into a town the people were going to be exposed to a “disease” that would give them new life. Paul was highly infected and highly contagious and he did his best to spread the disease!!!
Secondly we see that Tertullus called Paul a mover. Things were not going to sit stagnant, dormant and unshaken when Paul was around. He was like an earthquake that shook entire cities through the power of God that worked through him.
Thirdly Paul was accused of sedition. Paul didn’t mix or waterdown the message he brought to the table. He preached the untainted Gospel of Jesus Christ and it caused division. It caused uprisings. People were either furious (and many were) or people repented and a change took place in their lives.
How do people describe you and I? Did we receive the same grace Paul received? May God help us to be bold for His Kingdom Sake. We are the salt and light of the world!