To: SeekAndFind
Paul used the legal and political system to get a free ride to Rome. To preach to Caesar.
Festus to Agrippa to Caesar.
To: Responsibility2nd
Paul used the legal and political system to get a free ride to Rome. To preach to Caesar.
Festus to Agrippa to Caesar.
Indeed. Even a casual reading of the Book of Acts gives us a Paul who is a Roman Citizen, with the rights, responsibilities, and duties of a Citizen. Even when an official remarked that his own citizenship had cost a lot of money, Paul replied "But I was BORN a Citizen!"
When he appealed to Caesar to hear his case, it even precluded his release. "This man could have been released if he hadn't appealed to Caesar!"
There was also an incident where he was about to be flogged by a Roman, and avoided it by announcing his Citizenship.
While Paul's "Citizenship" in the Kingdom of Heaven was Paramount, he did not discard his "citizenship" in the Roman Empire. Of Course, he now used it as a way of furthering the Gospel.
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