Acknowledging God's Work

Acts 9:27-30   
27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. 28 So he was with them at Jerusalem, coming in and going out. 29 And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus and disputed against the Hellenists, but they attempted to kill him. 30 When the brethren found out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him out to Tarsus.

Though many believers feared Saul, Barnabas saw God working in him, both in Saul's testimony of how Christ called him and in the good words of life spoken by the former enemy.  So Saul spoke boldly to the Greek speaking Jews from scripture to show Jesus is the Messiah, and the believers began to accept this was God's work.  But as Saul showed the truth of God's word, he made enemies who wanted to kill him - and the believers got him out of town in time.  So we should speak truth at all costs.