Acts 26:19-23 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:… Should not goodness rule at once? Two men are fighting, and we beg them to leave off. Do you recommend them to leave off gradually? Shall they take an hour or two over it? Why, they might kill one another in that time. A fire is about to consume your house — do you say to the firemen, "Get it out gradually"? If my house were on fire I should long to see the flame quenched at once. If anybody held a pistol at my head I should not say, "Take it away by degrees." I would wish him to remove the revolver at once. Yet all these things are matters which could be prolonged over a space of time without such risk as would be involved in a slow process of conversion. Changes of mind such as are necessary to conversion had need be quick when sin is to be forsaken, for every moment deepens the guilt. (C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:WEB: "Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, |
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