Acts 23:9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God. 10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle. 11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. 12And when it was day, certain of the J... banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.


There has always been a pattern repeated with the Lord of who is His vs who is the worlds. A person called by the Lord will preach change and repentance and it will not be liked. A person of the world will fight both those things. A person of the Lord like Paul ,will look nothing like he did before the call. Hard to find a more 360 change than Saul called to be Paul. A person of the Lord will never be popular with the powers at be. A person of the world will do all they can to silence a person of the Lord. This was repeated time and time again from John the Baptist , Jesus , Peter and Paul. Paul. These and the others to world seemed powerless to the world , sitting in prison or hanging on a Cross.

“Acts 26:14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins.”

Jesus had a plan for Paul and while time and time again the powers of the world tried to stop him , Jesus had told him he would suffer but he would fulfill his call.

“Acts 28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, 31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.”

The Lord chose a man we would have never chose but that is the pattern of the Lord. No person that was called and followed that call lived a life of ease. The true word of God is the enemy of satan. he added and changed it in the Garden and more so today. satan knows the power of the true word of God better than most the world. he has been very good at attacking , changing , dividing and silencing the true word of God.

It gets harder and harder to know truth from a lie in last days , we always had to know God's pattern not mans, they look very different. No one ever wanted to question, silence or discourage a person God called... Paul's sisters son, knew Saul before he became Paul. The Lord will have at least one in the crowd to know the truth see real change ...

It was always the blind crowds we had to be cautious of... It was always those of earthly power we had to question...None of the followers of Jesus had anything to do with earthly power, they knew where that offer came from. The followers of Jesus knew where real Power was no matter what man did. Never follow anyone but the Lord was always the message.

Jesus wanted nothing to do with earthly kingdoms and we were to follow...This place was always going to end...
To think change and repentance was to always be the message ,was to never understand the Bible. I know of no one that has faith of mustard seed , do you???