In Acts 5:33-42, we read about the high council wanting to kill Peter and the other apostles. One of the Pharisees, Gamaliel, spoke up and said that they should be careful of what they were planning to do. One of two things could happen. First, this could be a fad that would wear itself out over time (SOOO not the words of the Bible, I'm paraphrasing) or second, they could find themselves on the side fighting God himself.
Obviously a good point. It makes me wonder about a couple things. Did Gamaliel every become a believer? Even though he was a famous Jewish teacher (and was actually (Saul) Paul's teacher according to the notes in my Bible), he seemed to have an open enough mind to accept that there was a possibility that what the apostles were teaching was true. And, although I know Jesus needed to be crucified for us to be saved, was anyone at the time thinking - but what if? What if this is the Son of God? Should we really be doing this? Nothing that we will ever know, but it just makes me think.
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