Acts 26:19

"Wherefore,. king Agrippa,. was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision"I was no disobedient unto the heavenly vision" Paul could have disobeyed. Like Pharaoh, if Paul had been dishonest, if Paul had let pride rule him, Paul could have resisted and even grown more stubborn and bitter in his feelings towards Christians. We need to remember that while Paul had many incentives to become. Christian (absolute proof that Jesus was the Messiah), there were also many reasons to refuse: the material advantages, fame, prestige and success that he would lose, the loss of friends and family, all of. sudden being the hunted instead of the hunter, the difficult task that would bring upon him the suffering and ridicule that Jesus demanded of him, being viewed as. traitor, coward and or worse. This statement also revealed to King Agrippa that Paul was not claiming credit for the message he preached that is, he was not claiming that he was the originator of this doctrine or teaching. Paul didn't become. Christian because he was dissatisfied with Judaism, but rather because the Messiah commanded it. As to his preaching to Gentiles, that was not. self-imposed task but was simply something he was doing in obedience to Jesus.