You almost can feel sorry for the Jewish authorities. The more they told the disciples to stop preaching the bolder they got. They couldn’t keep them in jail and the disciples kept blaming them for Jesus’ death. Finally they discussed a plot to just kill them and be rid of them.
A wise member of the council named Gamaliel addressed he council. He listed a couple of false who had arisen and they movements died on their own. He said that if Jesus were just another false prophet his movement would die as well so they didn’t have to worry about it.
There was another possibility. Perhaps this movement was from God. If that is the case, Gamaliel said, nothing was going to stop it for they would not be battling another cult, but God Himself. In other words, if this is a false prophet then it won’t last, but if it is from God nothing can stop it.”
And so it is 2000 years later. It clearly was not another cult leader. Christ is and was of God. Men and governments have not heeded Gamliel advice but instead have tried to wipe out the movement. Yet, here it stands today, undaunted and unshaken.
What a joy in serving God today – if it is of God nothing can shake it, so lets keep on serving!
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