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What is the worst thing that has happened to you because you spoke up for Jesus? What are we afraid of? Do we fear God or is it other's opinions that we are most worried about?  When Paul entered Lystra, he was testifying about Jesus.  He also healed a lame man who had never walked.  As a result of the healing, the people of the town thought he was a god and decided to make sacrifices to him.

Paul said, "Men! Why are you doing this? We are men also, with the same nature as you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea and everything in them."

It was all he could do to keep them from worshiping him.

Later some unbelieving Jews came from Antioch and persuaded the crowd to stop trying to worship him, but rather to kill him by stoning!  Is this crazy or what?  They were willing to worship him as a god, but rather than repent and worship the One True God, they decided to kill him and keep worshiping their idols!  Craziness.

Or is it?  If we are not worshiping the One True God then we too are worshiping "worthless idols".  What would our lives say that we worship?  Who gets the testimony of our lips and lives.  Is it truly Jesus?