There will definitely be persecution, difficulties, tribulation, trial.

In fact, we call it the Great Tribulation, not because of its intensity, but because of its length.

It will last the entire period of time from Jesus, return to heaven and his return to earth at the end

of history.

Paul had accomplished great things for the Lord. He had visited much of the known world to spread

the gospel. The apostle established churches and collected aid for the Lord. He had visited much of the known world to spread the gospel. The apostle established

churches and collected aid for the saints in Jerusalem. Now he waits in prison. Yet even Paul's

downtime has a purpose in God's plan. Welcome to No Falling Word with Liam Gallagher.

While under arrest, Paul had the opportunity to speak before the rulers and power brokers of his day.

It was also the time that Paul wrote the letters that would become part of the New Testament.

Turn to Acts chapter 26 as Liam Gallagher explains how God used setbacks in Paul's life

to accomplish great things and how the Lord can do the same with us.

Well, I did take your Bibles and turn to Acts chapter 26. This is a revisit to this chapter. We looked at it last time.

And last time we looked at the speech as a whole, its impact on those who were present. We looked

at some of the company that was there, King Agrippa and his sister, who were part of the audience,

Festus, who was the governor and so on.

We looked at the speech as a whole.

But I want this evening to revisit the speech and to look at a section that I deliberately omitted last time.

And those of you who were here and didn't notice that I'd omitted a section, shame on you.

Report to me afterwards, and I'll give you some work to do as punishment.

Exercise.

So we're coming back to that this evening, and I hope as we go on, you'll pick up what it is

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