In their struggle for control, the high council wants to kill the apostles in an attempt to end this new community of Jesus followers. One of the most respected rabbis of the time, Gamaliel, encourages the council to allow the apostles to carry on. If it isn’t from God, it will die out like all of the movements of the past. If it is from God, though, beware. Ironically, Gamaliel’s instruction is helpful even to us. If God’s movement isn’t in something, it will die off. If God’s movement is in something, look out.