God is very wise\par and his power is very great.\par No person can fight God and not be hurt.\par
Acts 9:5 - Easy To Read Version Saul said, “Who are you, Lord?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Saul said, Who are You, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus, Whom you are persecuting. It is dangerous and it will turn out badly for you to keep kicking against the goad [to offer vain and perilous resistance]. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: Common English Bible Saul asked, “Who are you, Lord?” “I am Jesus, whom you are harassing,” came the reply. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" And he: "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goad." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who said: Who art thou, Lord? And he: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the goad. |
God is very wise\par and his power is very great.\par No person can fight God and not be hurt.\par
Show that you are loyal to God’s son. {\cf2\super [6]} \par If you don’t do this,\par he will become angry and destroy you.\par
“Look at these people! They are arguing with the One who made them. Look at them argue with me! They are like pieces of clay from a broken pot. A man uses soft, wet clay to make a pot. And the clay does not ask, ‘Man, what are you doing?’ Things that are made don’t have the power to question the one who makes them. \{People are like this clay.\}
But Peter said, “I would never do that, Lord! I have never eaten food that is unholy or not pure.”
We all fell to the ground. Then I heard a voice talking to me in the Jewish language. {\cf2\super [493]} The voice said, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you doing these bad things to me? You are only hurting yourself by fighting me.’
“\{When I was a Pharisee {\cf2\super [489]} \}, even I thought I should do many things against the name of Jesus from Nazareth.
But if this is from God, then you will not be able to stop them. You might even be fighting against God himself!”
Saul fell to the ground. He heard a voice saying to him: “Saul, Saul! Why are you doing these bad things to me?”
Get up now and go into the city. Someone there will tell you what you must do.”
Doing that would make the Lord jealous {\cf2\super [75]} ! And we don’t want to do that, do we? No, because he is much stronger than we are.
“But Jeshurun [212] became fat and kicked {like a bull}. (Yes, you people were fed well! You became full and fat!) Then he left the God who made him! He ran away from the Rock who saved him.
I don’t mean that I am already exactly like God wants me to be. I have not yet reached that goal. But I continue trying to reach that goal and to make it mine. Christ wants me to do that. That is the reason Christ made me his.
In the past I spoke against Christ and persecuted him and did things to hurt him. But God gave me mercy because I did not know what I was doing. I did those things when I did not believe.