He was serving food to destitute widows and going out of his way to care for the poor. He was preaching Christ in the synagogues and reasoning with inquirers. Yet because of all this he was seized and dragged before the city council, the Jewish Sanhedrin. He was falsely charged with all sorts of crimes, but he never lost his composure. His deep trust in God kept him steady through the storm.
Men are under stress today in our society as never before.
Well, he got up this morning and took his vitamin pill. Then he took his appetite suppressant, his anti-depressant, and his tranquilizer. He also took an antihistamine and some Benzedrine. Then he lit a cigarette, and there was this explosion. Men in our society are exploding all the time, exploding under the stress of life, exploding in fits of anger, exploding in fits of anxiety.