After being flogged and further threatened...
Acts 5:41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. (NIV)
Their excitement comes from being able to walk the path of Jesus. Being a disciple of Jesus means becoming like him. But it's not a buffet-style commitment. "I'll take the purity but leave the sorts of people he hung out with. I'll take the boldness to take on the money-changers and leave the boldness to stand with the woman caught in adultery. I'll take the eternal glory and leave the cross." You cannot do that. There is only one Jesus and we must accept (i.e. try to emulate) him fully.
I think it is really cool. Not only is he the shepherd of his sheep. But he himself exemplified what kind of sheep we are to be (1 Corinthians 5:6-8)
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