Acts 4:2

Two things disturbed these leaders. First, the apostles were teaching the people. This was the Sadducees’ function since they were the recognized leaders of the Jews. Second, they were teaching that Jesus had risen from the dead and that there was resurrection from the dead.

". . . a woman called and asked me to serve on a committee that was trying to clean up downtown Los Angeles. I agreed it needed cleaning up, but I told her that I could not serve on the committee. She was amazed. ’Aren’t you a minister?’ she asked. ’Aren’t you interested in cleaning up Los Angeles?’ I answered, ’I will not serve on your committee because I don’t think you are going about it in the right way.’ Then I told her what the late Dr. Bob Shuler had told me years ago. He said, ’We are called to fish in the fish pond, not to clean up the fish pond.’ This old world is a place to fish. Jesus said He would make us fishers of men, and the world is the place to fish. We are not called upon to clean up the fish pond. We need to catch the fish and get the fish cleaned up.

"I have found that the biggest enemies of the preaching of the gospel are not the liquor folk. The gangsters have never bothered me. Do you know where I had my trouble as a preacher? It was with the so-called religious leaders, the liberals, those who claimed to be born again. They actually became enemies of the preaching of the gospel. It was amazing to me to find out how many of them wanted to destroy my radio ministry." [Note: McGee, 4:526.]

Having worked with Dr. McGee in his church, I know that he sought to help people physically as well as spiritually. His point here was that spiritual help is more important than physical help.