Committing A Crime

• I was asked this question early in my "walk": "If being a Believer was a crime, would there be enough evidence to convict you?"
  
  I still think about it to this day. And here is another question to think about: "If it was a crime, would you share your faith anyway, regardless of consequences?"
  
  For us today, those are rhetorical questions about hypothetical situations far from our reality (at least for now...).
  
  For Peter and John, however, it was very real: sharing their faith was a crime, they were arrested and jailed, and yes, they did it anyway, regardless of consequences.
  
  Would you?

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The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people. They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day. But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand. (Acts 4:1-4 NIV)