Acts 9:5

And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.

but if it is from God, you cannot destroy them; lest you be found at some time to be fighting against God.

I indeed thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazoraean,

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

who formerly was a blasphemer and persecutor and an injurious man; but I obtained mercy because I did those things 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 indeed thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazoraean,

but if it is from God, you cannot destroy them; lest you be found at some time to be fighting against God.

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