BLINDSIDED

No one likes to be blindsided, but chances are you will be at some point. The Apostle Paul was allowed to address the people in Jerusalem, and a mob tried to kill him. The Roman soldiers took him back inside the fortress to interrogate him and found out that he too was a Roman citizen! The Commander then arranged for Paul to go before the Jewish leaders. Unironically, the High Priest has Paul blindsided by a punch in the face because his pride would not allow him to accept that Paul felt that he had lived a life of "good conscience" before the Lord. When people tell you who they are by what they do. Believe them.