Acts 5:27‭-‬29
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, saying, ” Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood on us!” But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.

The high priest and the leaders at the time knew the power in the name of Jesus. They feared and so dreaded it. Peter and the apostles were arrested and brought before the council or parliament. The high priest lamented, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine”.

They were so afraid of what that name could do in the lips of the people, so they tried to stop it by forbidding them to preach in that name. Surprisingly, only we the children of God don’t know what power we posses in his name. The devil knows it; the devil’s agents know it; evil leaders in authority know it; but only God’s children don’t know what the name of Jesus can achieve in their lips.

All the persecution and the reproach and abuse you will receive is because of what the name of Jesus can do through you. There will be laws to stop you, but don’t let it derail you. WITH CHRIST UNLEASHED IN OUR HEARTS, WE ARE A PEOPLE WHO
PERSECUTIONS don’t deter us,
THREATENINGS stir us up,
ABUSE AND INSULTS fuel us up to do more.
WE ARE SOLD OUT UNTO HIM. Hallelujah!