Quotes About Resistance

The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.

Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.í

Or again, how can anyone enter a strong manís house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.

There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.

The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.

For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.

I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.

Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.

But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”

But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen,

You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.

But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”

And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.

We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.