Lesson 2314

(Lesson 2314)(04-12-18) Matthew 10:17-23
    “But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.”

   In today’s quote, Jesus warned His apostles of the dangers that would beset them as they dared to deliver His message. Many of the threats that Jesus described therein came to fruition during the lives of the apostles. Sadly, the horrors that the followers of Jesus suffered during the lives of the apostles would pale in comparison to the morbid persecution that true Christian people encountered after the establishment of Roman Catholicism. Catholicism cruelly murdered literally millions of Christians who dared to adhere strictly to the teachings of Jesus Christ.
    We should note that Roman Catholicism is called ROMAN Catholicism because it was indeed founded by the Romans, true Christianity had no place in the establishment of Roman Catholicism. Catholicism is, in any respect, a Christian religion today.~