The gospel of the kingdom is scandalous. And so it brings great opposition.
It got John the Baptist beheaded.
It got Jesus crucified.
It got Peter, Paul, and most of the other apostles imprisoned and killed.
It caused Herod to tremble in fear and kill a cluster of male children in Israel simply because he heard that the Magi were looking for the One who would be the next king—“the king of the Jews” (Matthew 2).
When Paul preached the gospel of the kingdom, riots broke out everywhere. Paul was stoned, beaten, imprisoned, and eventually martyred. Why? Because he had the unmitigated gall to declare that there was another ruler on earth besides Caesar.
It got John the Baptist beheaded.
It got Jesus crucified.
It got Peter, Paul, and most of the other apostles imprisoned and killed.
It caused Herod to tremble in fear and kill a cluster of male children in Israel simply because he heard that the Magi were looking for the One who would be the next king—“the king of the Jews” (Matthew 2).
When Paul preached the gospel of the kingdom, riots broke out everywhere. Paul was stoned, beaten, imprisoned, and eventually martyred. Why? Because he had the unmitigated gall to declare that there was another ruler on earth besides Caesar.
The gospel of the kingdom is scandalous. And so it brings great opposition.
It got John the Baptist beheaded.
It got Jesus crucified.
It got Peter, Paul, and most of the other apostles imprisoned and killed.
It caused Herod to tremble in fear and kill a cluster of male children in Israel simply because he heard that the Magi were looking for the One who would be the next king—“the king of the Jews” (Matthew 2).
When Paul preached the gospel of the kingdom, riots broke out everywhere. Paul was stoned, beaten, imprisoned, and eventually martyred. Why? Because he had the unmitigated gall to declare that there was another ruler on earth besides Caesar.
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