For over 300yrs Christians were persecuted under the Emperors of Rome the most severe persecution happened under Diocletian, it lasted for 8yrs. It was Origen who said,'Should the Romans embrace the Christian faith,'he had declared, then their prayers would see them overcome their enemies;or rather, having come under the protection of God,they would have no nemies at all'.The Christian church will always have enemies. of some sort or other,many Christians today are suffering in many places in this world,people scratch their head and say ,why are they doing that?why indeed?.It was Peter who wrote,'Dear friends ,do not be surprised at the very ordeal that has come on you to test you,as though something strange were happening to you.'And of course Peter would experence marytom,being crucified upside down,his fellow apostle Paul was beheaded. Commenting on the persecution under Rome one writer declared,'to believe that a Caesar might be won for Christ was indeed to believe in miracles'.We will look at this next time.
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