The story of Jesus is a true story.
The story of His birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascension is one continuous flow of the same story.
For if the story of Jesus were not true, there would have been no need for false apostles and false disciples or false churches. Had Jesus remained dead, His story would have ended, and Satan would have won the war: and evil would have consumed the world. But because Jesus arose from the tomb, the story continued.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ became Satan's greatest problem. Now what?
Satan knew that Jesus was alive again, and so did the devil's helpers; and the people who killed Jesus would now arise to kill the helpers of Jesus, the apostles and disciples. They had to put a lid on the Good News of Christ. They had to throw a blanket over the light that shines in darkness. And because they could not stop the messengers of Jesus from talking about the Lord, they had to kill them, just as they killed Jesus.
Earlier, Jesus had said unto Peter: upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16: 18)
When Peter preached his first sermon after the Day of Pentecost, four thousand people were saved. And when he preached his second sermon, five thousand more came to know the Lord. Thus the church was growing and multiplying, and the apostles and disciples went forth from Jerusalem to begin a journey that would take the Gospel of Christ throughout the Roman Empire and to the uttermost parts of the earth.
The acts of the apostles and disciples were quite bothersome to Rome. People were supposed to worship Caesar, not Jesus of Nazareth! Not the son of Joseph and Mary! Not Him whom they crucified in Jerusalem! Did the people not know? Did they not understand that Caesar was the god of world, which was Caesar's kingdom, not God's?
The apostles and disciples understood that. But they were willing to give their necks to Caesar rather than denying Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
Years of persecuting and killing Christians continued, and Satan's generals changed their military tactics. Suddenly and unexpectedly, a church arose in Rome that was as mighty as Caesar's palace.
Up to that time, Christians were not allowed to build church buildings, and now, the emperor himself decided to follow Jesus and he began a massive building program of church buildings, designed to reflect the glory and splendor of the majesty of Rome. This was a trap, engineered by Satan's order of pagan priests.
To understand this trap in better light, Adam and Eve were deceived by their eyes in the Garden of Eden when they saw the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And in Rome, it was as if the tree of the knowledge of good and evil had been uprooted and transplanted, and the people there were deceived by their eyes when they saw the majestic splendor of a building. That was the day when Satan stood up in the Catholic Church of Rome, from whence he has never departed, and from whence satellite branches were plucked and planted all over the world.
But when Jesus spoke to Peter, the Lord did not say He was the founding father of the Church of Rome. Moreover, Peter was never a Catholic, and Peter was never a pope! For a Catholic pope has never preached and four thousand people get saved. For the Catholic way to salvation is through water baptism and not by the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as written in the Holy Bible.
The church of Christ is people, and not buildings that dazzle the eyes and minds of people.
Today, millions of believers are in the church of Christ, which is the evidence of the words of Jesus: upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
And this: is the story of Jesus.
The story of His birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascension is one continuous flow of the same story.
For if the story of Jesus were not true, there would have been no need for false apostles and false disciples or false churches. Had Jesus remained dead, His story would have ended, and Satan would have won the war: and evil would have consumed the world. But because Jesus arose from the tomb, the story continued.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ became Satan's greatest problem. Now what?
Satan knew that Jesus was alive again, and so did the devil's helpers; and the people who killed Jesus would now arise to kill the helpers of Jesus, the apostles and disciples. They had to put a lid on the Good News of Christ. They had to throw a blanket over the light that shines in darkness. And because they could not stop the messengers of Jesus from talking about the Lord, they had to kill them, just as they killed Jesus.
Earlier, Jesus had said unto Peter: upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16: 18)
When Peter preached his first sermon after the Day of Pentecost, four thousand people were saved. And when he preached his second sermon, five thousand more came to know the Lord. Thus the church was growing and multiplying, and the apostles and disciples went forth from Jerusalem to begin a journey that would take the Gospel of Christ throughout the Roman Empire and to the uttermost parts of the earth.
The acts of the apostles and disciples were quite bothersome to Rome. People were supposed to worship Caesar, not Jesus of Nazareth! Not the son of Joseph and Mary! Not Him whom they crucified in Jerusalem! Did the people not know? Did they not understand that Caesar was the god of world, which was Caesar's kingdom, not God's?
The apostles and disciples understood that. But they were willing to give their necks to Caesar rather than denying Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
Years of persecuting and killing Christians continued, and Satan's generals changed their military tactics. Suddenly and unexpectedly, a church arose in Rome that was as mighty as Caesar's palace.
Up to that time, Christians were not allowed to build church buildings, and now, the emperor himself decided to follow Jesus and he began a massive building program of church buildings, designed to reflect the glory and splendor of the majesty of Rome. This was a trap, engineered by Satan's order of pagan priests.
To understand this trap in better light, Adam and Eve were deceived by their eyes in the Garden of Eden when they saw the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And in Rome, it was as if the tree of the knowledge of good and evil had been uprooted and transplanted, and the people there were deceived by their eyes when they saw the majestic splendor of a building. That was the day when Satan stood up in the Catholic Church of Rome, from whence he has never departed, and from whence satellite branches were plucked and planted all over the world.
But when Jesus spoke to Peter, the Lord did not say He was the founding father of the Church of Rome. Moreover, Peter was never a Catholic, and Peter was never a pope! For a Catholic pope has never preached and four thousand people get saved. For the Catholic way to salvation is through water baptism and not by the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as written in the Holy Bible.
The church of Christ is people, and not buildings that dazzle the eyes and minds of people.
Today, millions of believers are in the church of Christ, which is the evidence of the words of Jesus: upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
And this: is the story of Jesus.
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