{"id":6381,"date":"2021-04-14T14:42:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T19:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/?p=6381"},"modified":"2021-04-14T14:50:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T19:50:27","slug":"felixs-indecision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/felixs-indecision\/","title":{"rendered":"Felix\u2019s Indecision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cGo away for now,\u201d he replied. \u201cWhen it is more convenient, I\u2019ll call for you again.\u201d Acts 24:25, NLT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflections Devotional by Chris Tiergreen from the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/filamentbible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Filament Bible Collection<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Untitled-design-66.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6382\" width=\"208\" height=\"208\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Felix wanted to hear more. Then again, he didn\u2019t. He had mixed feelings about the message Paul preached and mixed motives for hearing it. He would have accepted a bribe from Paul, and even sought it. Yet as he and his wife, Drusilla, listened, something about his response implies that he was intrigued by the gospel even while being unnerved by it. This self-centered ruler, known for his corruption and manipulation, surely felt some degree of conviction. His mixed thoughts\u2014coupled with the ambiguous political advantages of dealing with Paul\u2014immobilized him on the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Felix remained on the fence politically for two years, but many people do so spiritually for a lifetime. Being intrigued by the gospel isn\u2019t enough: the message demands a decision. Felix demonstrated outwardly what many people do inwardly, mulling over advantages and disadvantages while carefully guarding self-interests. And in never making a decision, they end up with a decision against Jesus by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the whole story Acts 24:1-17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3600\" height=\"2400\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/13b-NLT-KJV-families-all-unique-covers-w.ph_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6244 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/filamentbible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about the Filament Bible Collection<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGo away for now,\u201d he replied. \u201cWhen it is more convenient, I\u2019ll call for you again.\u201d Acts 24:25, NLT Reflections Devotional by Chris Tiergreen from the Filament Bible Collection Felix wanted to hear more. Then again, he didn\u2019t. He had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":6382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,166,15,66],"tags":[31],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6381"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6385,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6381\/revisions\/6385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}