Preparation for receiving the Gospel - understanding of the Scriptures

While sometimes being immersed in another religion can make it difficult for someone to receive/understand the Gospel, in many times it is an advantage. It appears that understanding the scriptures, while not being too dogmatic allows someone to accept new truth that comes along.

For example, consider King Agrippa, who apparently knew the scriptures and was close to accepting the gospel.

Acts 26:
27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

Paul was able to tie together the prophecies of the scriptures with the coming of Jesus (showing the fulfillment of those prophecies). Agrippa, likely recognizing how nice the additional truth sounded and perhaps felt, was somewhat accepting of the message. It is so helpful when people consider and love the scriptures, as it makes them much more likely to accept our message, that there are prophets in the land again in preparation for Christ's second coming.