Acts 9:5

He answered: "Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said: I am Jesus, whom you persecute.

but if it is of God, you can not bring it to an end: and take heed, lest you be found fighting also against God.

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

me, I say, who before was a reviler and a persecutor and an overbearing man. But I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief:

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And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

but if it is of God, you can not bring it to an end: and take heed, lest you be found fighting also against God.

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?