When God is working on our behalf and we are led by His Holy Spirit as we lift up the name of Jesus Christ and the Gospel, even those who are opposed to us end up defending our cause. Ultimately they even understand that if indeed God is for us, who can be against us. They will find themselves opposing God and that is always a losing proposition. After being told to talk about Jesus the apostles left the court of the High Priest and continued to speak in the marketplace, in the temple and from house to house about this Jesus the Messiah. How could they not, their message was from God! “Men of Israel, take care what you are planning to do to these men! 36 Some time ago there was that fellow Theudas, who pretended to be someone great. About 400 others joined him, but he was killed, and all his followers went their various ways. The whole movement came to nothing. 37 After him, at the time of the census, there was Judas of Galilee. He got people to follow him, but he was killed, too, and all his followers were scattered. 38 “So my advice is, leave these men alone. Let them go. If they are planning and doing these things merely on their own, it will soon be overthrown. 39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God!” 40 The others accepted his advice. They called in the apostles and had them flogged. Then they ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus, and they let them go. 41 The apostles left the high council rejoicing that God had counted them worthy to suffer disgrace for the name of Jesus.[d] 42 And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: “Jesus is the Messiah.
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