Hi, this is Bill Meyer.

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And now today's message from Chuck Swindall.

Music today's message from Chuck Swindall. Imagine the divine irony in the courtroom where Paul stood before an audience of his

accusers. Paul, shackled and in chains, was the freest soul in the room.

Well, today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall recounts this epic showdown

when Paul refused to acquiesce to the smug men in royal robes.

His steadfast resolve displayed the magnetic power of standing tall when everyone else bows low. Do you ever find your

knees knocking when in the presence of your enemies? Well, let's gain some inspiration from Paul's

courage. Chuck titled his message, Standing Tall as Paul stood. I want you to turn to a magnificent story that unfolds out of the book of Acts,

and I'm looking toward Acts chapter 25.

Let me catch you up with a little context here.

Paul has been through, better word is endured, four trials, all of them somewhat like mockeries.

They're like kangaroo courts.

Remind you, no evidence has been found against him, though he still held under arrest.

I remind you that he has not been proven guilty, but he has been kept in confinement.

He has appealed to Rome, which in other words means Nero, and he is living for the day.

He can stand before Nero, though we have no biblical story that

contains that, we believe he ultimately did have the chance to testify before the emperor.

And the trial we're looking at today in chapter 26, a little later on, is the fifth of five

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