One way. ( Acts 4 v 12 )

From the very beginning, the New Testament church has known persecution, the first martyr was  Stephen,who was stoned to death( Acts 7 v 14 - 19 ).This persecution increased under Saul,who later  became known as the apostle Paul.We are familiar with the persecution of the Christians by the Romans,which started, under Nero..There are different reasons why this happens and even happens today.Recently I read recently how police entered a church in China ,and ordered the leader of the church ,to tear out the ,the first commandment from his Bible.which reads,'You shall have no other gods before Me'. (Exodus 20 v 3 ).Someone has said that our multi- cultural Britain often feels ill at ease with this first commandment, and that its even more embarrassed by the words of Jesus,'I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes unto the Father except through Me'.To challenge peoples gods, be it individually, or collectively,can be dangerous , as many Christians have found out.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            There are many roads to hell, but there is only                                                                                          road that leads us to heaven.