Paul and Felix

This chapter furnishes a very remarkable contrast between a genuine Christian man, and a man of the world Paul, the prisoner, and Felix, the judge. 'They are brought face to face, and we are permitted to see. in the light of inspiration, the springs of action in the prisoner and in the judge. Paul's eye was resting on the unseen and eternal; Felix's eye was resting on the seen and temporal. Paul was standing in the light of heaven: Felix was involved in the darkness of earth. They present a vivid and instructive contrast, in every respect. Let us meditate for a few moments, on the striking picture. On looking closely at it, we see the faith, hope, and practice of the two men.
First, then, hear from the lips of Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, a statement of his faith, his hope, and his practice.
“But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and the prophets." Here was Paul's faith: "All things which are written in the law and the prophets."A Christian man now has, as we know, a wider field being able to add. "All things which arc written in the word of God." This is the faith of Christian man—the whole word of God—the undivided canon of inspiration. He wants nothing more: he can do with nothing less: be desires nothing different. "All scripture" is the creed of a Christian man, and Assuredly, it is sufficient. In it he finds his standard, his confession, his touchstone, his all.