Hope in God

Whew! Paul is surely in trouble. Those Jewish officials even hired a special lawyer to do him in. The attorney named Tertullus did an amazing fob slathering flattery all over the "excellent Felix" who now had Paul's case. Then he outright lied in court: "We wanted to judge him (Paul) according to our own Law. But Lysias the commander came along, and with much violence took him out of our hands, ordering his accusers to come before you." (Acts 24:1-27)

Yep, those religious leaders "also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so".

But our guy stood firm in his "hope in God" and refuted the lies. 

And that hope was not to be disappointed: "But Felix, having a more exact knowledge about the Way, put them off, saying, 'When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case'".

It was a full two years that Paul was protected there. Felix "gave orders to the centurion for him (Paul) to be kept in custody and yet have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from ministering to him".

In the midst of trouble, hope in God does not disappoint!