God Still Speaks

In verse 13, it says that no one had the courage to speak positively about Him in public. The people were afraid of the opinions of the religous leaders. How true is this today. People are afraid to speak about Jesus today. He is not a very popular subject. People get offended when Jesus comes into the conversation. But we are told in Acts 1:8 that we are to be witnesses to everyone about Jesus. Yes the Word of God offends, but knowing it brings freedom. Jesus said "you shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

Its interesting to see that Jesus didn't go around teaching His own opinions, rather he spoke about the will of His father. If people today would do the same thing, leave their own opinions out of the discussion and just stick with the will of God on the subject. God's word is His will. Man's opinions will never stand the test to Gods word. It doesn't matter what mans experiences are, what matters is that Gods word will stand forever. Jesus said, "heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away."

They accuse Jesus of being "demon possessed"! Isn't it ironic that people today say that Christians who walk in the supernatural today are also demonized? How many times have you heard that speaking in tongues is of the devil? I guess then Mary, Jesus's mother had a demon as well as Peter, John, Paul and all of the other apostols. The Word has the answer to all of these issues, lets allow the Word to be our standard and leave mans opinions out of it.