So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?”
“Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water. They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.”
All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?”
Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one’s words?
“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning.
The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles.
But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”
“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”