Saul was going everywhere to devastate the church.
He went from house to house, dragging out both
men and women to throw them into jail.
Christianity has been hindered and challenged by all forms of outside attack, but those that have tried to destroy the church have usually ended up serving Christ much like Saul, who became the apostle Paul. Nothing can destroy the work of God, but if Christians will not live the way Jesus lived the church may deteriorate from the inside. A President Emeritus of Carleton College once said, “I do not believe the greatest threat to our future is from bombs or guided missiles. I don’t think our civilization will end that way. I think it will die when we no longer care.” A British historian said that, “Nineteen of twenty-one civilizations have died from within and not by conquest from without. There were no bands playing and flags waving when these civilizations decayed. It happened slowly, in the quiet and in the dark when no one was aware.” Fan the flame of fire in your heart and do your part to bring more souls to Christ. You don't want to be part of an inside job that brings the church to its knees.
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