# 1 _Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him as he spoke about faith in Christ Jesus. (ACTS 24:24)
Drusilla may have been a Jewess, but she wasn't a very faithful one. Felix was not her first husband__after only a year of marriage, she had left her husband Azizus, king of Emesa, to go with Felix. Perhaps this lack of faith isn't surprising, considering her background. Drusilla was a great-granddaughter of Herod the Great and daughter of Herod Agrippa I.
Ruthlessness, not belief, was a hallmark of her family.
# 2 _When the Jewish leaders brought Paul to Felix, demanding that he be punished for troublemaking, Paul took the opportunity to witness to Felix and his wife. They never came to faith, perhaps because they had another agenda__Felix was hoping for a bribe, not seeking the truth. Perhaps his wife had the same attitude.
# 3 _It does not matter if we come from a long line of faithless people. Each of us has an opportunity to accept Christ through a personal witness, a book, or the testimony of a preacher. Will we remain in a godless past or reach out to Jesus through faith? It's our choice alone.
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