Christ's command to his followers before his ascension to heaven was for them to be his

witnesses in Jerusalem, all Judea, in Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.

Our Lord did not intend for the good news of his death and resurrection to stay local,

but instead it was to be taken globally.

In this third section of Acts, the adventure continues as the gospel is taken to the ends of the earth.

Let's join Scott Pauley now for today's study.

In the 18th century, two brilliant intellectual men,

a man by the name of Gilbert West and another one named Lord Littleton,

and decided that if they could refute two great fundamentals, Christianity would fall,

that if they could somehow explain away these two great truths,

the entire Christian doctrine would crumble.

And what were those two things?

The resurrection of Christ

and the conversion of Paul. So Gilbert West took as his assignment to refute the resurrection

of Christ. Lord Littleton took as his assignment, the conversion of Paul. It's a fascinating story.

Both of them began to research and study and dig and write a treatise.

And the glorious end of the story is that at the end, both of these men ended up on their knees confessing Christ as Savior.

Friends, I want you to know the conversion of Paul was real because the resurrection of Christ was real.

That was the message of Paul's testimony in Acts chapter number 26. It's all about a living Savior and the difference he makes

in our lives. We've come to the end of the chapter and now to the final interaction, the response of King Agrippa to the Apostle Paul. You remember

when we left in verse 27, Paul said, King Agrippa believest thou the prophets? I know that

thou believest. Then Agrippa said unto Paul, almost, almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

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