LOVE NEVER FAILS (5 OF 5)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: 1st Corinthians 13:7-13
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Love Never Fails (5 of 5)
Series: The Greatest of These Is Love
Jeff Schreve
1st Corinthians 13:7-13
Diocletian was emperor in Rome from 284 to 305 A.D. Diocletian was a man who hated Christianity. He made two edits from 303 and 304 A.D., edits to destroy Christianity, to wipe it off the face of the earth. The edits said burn the churches and burn all the Bibles and all the sacred writings, seize any treasures from the church. I mean, it was just open season on Christians. Imprisoned Christians. Imprisoned pastors. Bring people out into the open square and give them an opportunity to denounce Christ and if they didn't denounce Christ, he would kill them. That was Diocletian. He had a coin made, and the coin said that the name of Christianity is extinguished; that Diocletian had extinguished it from the earth. He built a monument to himself in honor of himself. It's kind of funny how those Roman guys had a bunch of names. If you remember Gladiator, you had Maximus. But it wasn't just Maximus. It was Maximus Decimus Meridius and whatever other name he could get in there. They had cool names. Well, his monument said this: ''Diocletian Jovian Maximian Herculeus Caesares Agusti, for having everywhere abolished the superstition of Jesus Christ...'' 304, A.D. You know what's interesting about that? This guy died in 311 A.D. Constantine took over in 324 A.D., and he declared that Christianity would be the religion of Rome. They converted the tomb of Diocletian into a church. Isn't that just the Lord's poetic justice? ''Oh, you're going to destroy Christianity? You're going to wipe Christianity off the map?'' Well, Diocletian failed and failed miserably. You know why? Because Jesus never fails, that's why! His love and His truth and His kingdom will last forever and ever and ever.
We have been studying for a number of weeks, 1st Corinthians 13, called the love chapter. It's one of the favorites of many. But it's not just an ode to love. It's not just this Paul's ...
Series: The Greatest of These Is Love
Jeff Schreve
1st Corinthians 13:7-13
Diocletian was emperor in Rome from 284 to 305 A.D. Diocletian was a man who hated Christianity. He made two edits from 303 and 304 A.D., edits to destroy Christianity, to wipe it off the face of the earth. The edits said burn the churches and burn all the Bibles and all the sacred writings, seize any treasures from the church. I mean, it was just open season on Christians. Imprisoned Christians. Imprisoned pastors. Bring people out into the open square and give them an opportunity to denounce Christ and if they didn't denounce Christ, he would kill them. That was Diocletian. He had a coin made, and the coin said that the name of Christianity is extinguished; that Diocletian had extinguished it from the earth. He built a monument to himself in honor of himself. It's kind of funny how those Roman guys had a bunch of names. If you remember Gladiator, you had Maximus. But it wasn't just Maximus. It was Maximus Decimus Meridius and whatever other name he could get in there. They had cool names. Well, his monument said this: ''Diocletian Jovian Maximian Herculeus Caesares Agusti, for having everywhere abolished the superstition of Jesus Christ...'' 304, A.D. You know what's interesting about that? This guy died in 311 A.D. Constantine took over in 324 A.D., and he declared that Christianity would be the religion of Rome. They converted the tomb of Diocletian into a church. Isn't that just the Lord's poetic justice? ''Oh, you're going to destroy Christianity? You're going to wipe Christianity off the map?'' Well, Diocletian failed and failed miserably. You know why? Because Jesus never fails, that's why! His love and His truth and His kingdom will last forever and ever and ever.
We have been studying for a number of weeks, 1st Corinthians 13, called the love chapter. It's one of the favorites of many. But it's not just an ode to love. It's not just this Paul's ...
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