The Apostle Paul spent some years in Rome under the surveillance of the Praetorian Guard while under house arrest. He used his time to proclaim Christ not only to those who visited him but also to the guardsmen whose duty put them there. This is what a preacher loves: a captive audience! The free had been bound to Christ through the instrument of bondage. Christ used the instruments of bondage, weakness, and imprisonment to create a powerful witness to His death and His power to forgive and restore the fallen…