Are you willing to present the Gospel before the lost world in front of powerful people? Acts 25-26

Acts 26:18
... to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’

The above text is stated by Paul while he is on trial for his life before Governor Festus and King Agrippa.  Paul is making his defense before them because the Jewish leaders had accused him of distorting, denying, and destroying their faith.  In reality, Paul was giving the Gospel message and the Jews, as well as Gentiles, were coming to Christ and leaving the Synagogues.  Paul was on trial for the Gospel.   This truth did not escape Paul and he took advantage of the situation by presenting the Gospel, here, in front of two of the most powerful people in the land.  Paul was not afraid to speak for Christ, on any platform.   The message in the above text will become a theme he utters later to the Church at Colossee, encouraging them in his prayer for them:

Colossians 1:12-13 (NASB Strong's Bible Text)
12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.
13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son.

Paul realized that the Gospel, at its core, was about God rescuing us from the grip of Satan and placing us into the same inheritance with Christ, our Savior, the First Born and, therefore, our Brother.   We must remember, that while we are living our lives in this world, that this world is our platform for presenting the Gospel and it is the most powerful message we have.   Paul was not ashamed of the Gospel because it is the very power of God (Romans 1:16).   God, in our salvation, turned our darkness into light and removed us from Satan's dominion, cast our sins away into the abyss of forgiveness and included and blessed us with the inheritance as Sons, through the sanctification of faith.    Nothing we have done does this.  Only His work that we put our faith in and upon.