John 11:47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
This was the response of the religious leaders to witnesses telling them about Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead.
You would think they would respond in faith but they chose fear.
Fear of what?
Losing their place…position…power.
The same thing happens today.
Some religious leaders fear individuals who don’t’ “follow the faith”. That is, they don’t line up with the particular teachings of the church they are in and experience more freedom than they think is safe for most people to have. They seek to control the behavior of others by using their interpretation of the Bible to limit them.
I won’t tell what the Apostle Paul said these guys can do to themselves.
So, let the power of Jesus to raise people to new life prompt your faith and not your fear.
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