Take Up the Cross By Joshua Evers

Reading through the scriptures, both the selected scriptures for class and the Bible as a whole, Christians are called to be completely peaceful and obedient to the governing authorities by obeying every law. The only instance which a Christian should disobey the government is when a law in place would lead to disobeying God. Christ commanded His followers to take up their cross daily and follow Him. The cross was a demeaning death given to thieves and disrespected criminals. Christ is asking them to be hated and looked down upon by the rest of the world. These martyrs, to my knowledge, took up their cross. They followed the words of Christ and died a horrible and painful death while standing up for the name of Christ. The Romans saw them as somewhat of a threat, not because they were violent rebels, but simply due to the fact that they would not follow their pagan rules. They saw them as having an otherness, their martyrs even possessed great endurance in their suffering. In summary, many Christians in the early Church took the words of Christ in Luke 9:23 and followed them by the power of the Holy Spirit, giving God the praise and glory He deserves.










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