A wise man speaks

After Acts 5:33-42

I hear your anger

and rage, I get it,

I understand, but

cool your jets,

take care what

you do here; you

know what happened

when you condemned

the Nazarene – you

got this before you now.

In your rage and anger

you want to do it again,

repeat the same mistake,

believing you’ll get

a different result. Chill,

people, and consider

all the ones who came

before, making their

claims. You know them,

you remember them,

we ignored them and

they slipped into obscurity,

remembered only

as examples of fools.

If these we see today

are likewise fools,

they will likewise slip

into obscurity. But if

they are from God,

nothing will stop them,

least of all your anger

and rage. Nothing

you do will have

any effect, because

you would oppose

the One who cannot

be stopped. 

This time, the powers

did the unexpected

and the unusual: 

they listened to and

heeded good advice.

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