Stopping the Spread

The government and health professionals are doing everything they can to stop the spread of COVID-19. While their efforts may be slowing the virus down, it continues to spread. I’m reminded that the priests, the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees were disturbed when the heard the apostles teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. Many people believed and their number grew to about 5,000. Peter and John were called before the Sanhedrin and after they conferred together, they said, “What are we going to do with these men?” they asked. “Everybody living in Jerusalem knows they have done an outstanding miracle, and we cannot deny it. But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn these men to speak no longer to anyone in this name.” Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God. For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:16-20 NIV).