After his conversion, Saul, the future apostle Paul, went about boldly preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. So much so that the people wanted to kill him, but he continued his work for The Lord even in the face of adversity.
"And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, the He is The Son of God ... And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him ... And he spoke boldly in the name of The Lord Jesus and disputed against the Grecians, but they were about to slay him." Acts 9:18-30
Twice the brethren led Saul to safety to save his life. They let him down over the wall in a basket, Acts 9:25, and they took him to Caesarea to get away from the Crecians, Acts 9:30.
He continued to do The Lord's work even when the people wanted to kill him for doing so. And The Lord used his good relationship with the brethren to protect him from harm.
Will we stand up for Christ even when it is not popular with the people that we are around? Do we have the respect of the Christians around us such that they would be willing to help us in times of trouble?
It is easy to stand for a popular position, but it takes a serious commitment to stand up for what you believe in when you are faced with adversity. Don't deny Him to please the crowd. Jesus said "... whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven." Matthew 10:32-33
Stand up for Christ, even in the face of adversity.
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