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NASB | Acts 5:34 But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, respected by all the people, stood up in the Council and gave orders to put the men outside for a short time. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 5:34 But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law [of Moses], highly esteemed by all the people, stood up in the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) and ordered that the men be taken outside for a little while. |
Bible Question:
I have a question or concern that goes with this thread. Why do people so easily accept the false as truth? As I have said I have seen men teach heresy but use the name of Jesus frequently and have people accept them as men of God. I have asked a listener that was enthralled with such a speaker about what he said and even after showing them the error that he taught, I had them defend and deny that it was so. They either say, “Well I didn’t hear him say that.” Or they say, “He really didn’t mean it that way, you took what he said wrong.” I know genuine Christians that can listen to junk and never hear it. How does that happen? If you question them as to whether they believe a particular falsehood they will instantly say no, yet they just listened to a speaker preach it and they love him. How can that be? |
Bible Answer: People listen to this junk because that is what they want to hear. People today are looking for the easy way out of everything. This is what they are given by some. Who wants to pray unceasingly and fast to get rid of a trial? Why not just go to see this preacher and let him pray and get rid of it for you? Much easier. And if He can do this he must truly be from God. We therefore must listen and believe what he is saying because if he is from God then what he says must be from God. He would surely know the truth. Me? I am just an insignificant person - I could surely be wrong. These people offer the easy way out of difficult circumstances. They give them false hope. The more local "churches" give them love. One of our problems in the church today is that we tend not to show true love to all. He hasn't showered. He is wearing raggedly clothes. He doesn't have the same color skin as me. Better not get too close to them or get to involved. Can't hang around and talk - have to get to the restaurant to eat. How many Christians take these people home and cloth them and feed them. People need their physical needs met. How many Christians do you see going door to door as strongly as the Mormons or Jehovahs Witness? They are the ones that go out on the streets and show true love to those who are homeless and haven't showered, the ones who don't look like them. They fulfill the physical needs and then go into the spiritual needs. That is why those religions are growing at the rate they are. They are giving the people what they want and need. And since God is love these people must be from God. I will learn what they teach and believe it. I kinda got off track, sorry. How can that be you ask. They get caught up in the pomp and circumstance. They do not so much "love him" as they love the show that he put on. Every one else is cheering and clapping and they get caught up in that emotion. Satan uses that to lure them in to believing what they hear. Many disguise their words. They say things in different ways to mask what they are truly saying. It is almost as they are hypnotized by the preacher. |