Which Way of Life Is Superior?

Dearly beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, we looked last week at the Sanhedrin's comical bungling, which I compared to the 1960s TV show Get Smart for the hilarity of its ineptitude. This week, though, I want to dial in on the message that the apostles presented to the Sanhedrin, and contrast it to the Sanhedrin's baseline commitments. The contrast could not be more obvious — and the two different ways of life to which the two sets of basic commitments give rise are clearly set forth at the chapter's end. What we will see is that the apostles' gospel commitments are superior to the Sanhedrin's rotten attitude in just about every respect. That's because the apostles serve Jesus, and He is a better master than one's own ego.