The Apostate Church as the Truest Enemy of Christ
Christ's loving reason for speaking plainly to His disciples centres on a warning so penetrating it cuts to the heart of religious danger. He declares,...
This is historical examples on religious hypocrisy and preparation through foreknowledge, drawing on John 16:1-6.
Christ's loving reason for speaking plainly to His disciples centres on a warning so penetrating it cuts to the heart of religious danger. He declares, 'These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended'—preparing them not merely for persecution from the pagan world, but for something far more insidious: the organised Church itself becoming their most rampant enemy.…
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