The Apostle Paul was taken before the Roman king, King Agrippa, for accusations of being a troublemaker among his own Jewish people, causing riots and rebellions against the Roman government and attempting to defile the Jewish Temple. When given the opportunity to speak in own defense Paul tells King Agrippa of his conversion to Christianity.
After listening to Paul’s conversation testimony and his personal encounter with Jesus, King Agrippa makes this statement, “you almost persuaded me to be a Christian (Acts 26:28).”
I want to focus on King Agrippa’s word “almost.” Webster defines the word “almost’ in this way, “very nearly but not exactly or entirely, very near but not quite.”
When we almost do something, we really don’t do anything at all.
If I say I “almost’ prayed. I’m saying I didn’t pray, If I say I “almost” helped someone, I didn’t help at all. If I “almost” went to church last Sunday, I didn’t go to church.
To “almost” do something is no more than a mental process that accomplishes nothing. Maybe you thought about praying or helping, or going to church, but your thoughts did do nothing at all.
By saying to Paul “I almost was persuaded,” King Agrippa missed out on eternal life in heaven. It’s too bad that you almost prayed or helped or went to church because you missed out… you missed God.
Don’t “almost” so something! Don’t just think about becoming a Follower of the Lord Jesus or praying or helping or worshipping. Give your life to Christ, pray every day, always help and be in church every Sunday.
Remember…. “almost equals nothing.”