November 7, 2015 - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2025

The Good Seed - Saturday, November 7, 2015
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November 7, 2015

Today's reading: Numbers 16:1-22

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
Luke 6:27

In the 2nd century A.D., the philosopher Athenagoras found faith in Christ in Athens. Because the Christians rejected the many gods of ancient mythology as well as the cult of the emperor, they were constantly exposed to accusations and persecution in the Roman Empire. For this reason, Athenagoras sent a "petition for Christians" to the emperor Marc Aurel in the year 177 A.D. Here is an extract from it.
"Judges pass sentence on other accused persons only when their guilt has been proved. With us, on the other hand, they do not examine whether the accused has committed any wrong; they are endangered by the term "Christian", as if this in itself were a wrongdoing. "
"In the same way as others enjoy impartiality, we, too, do not expect to be hated and punished just because we are Christians. How can a mere name make us evil? An examination should ensue after every accusation made against us. Then those pronounced innocent of the accusation should be freed and those guilty punished, not for the name Christian (for no Christian is bad, unless he is a hypocrite), but for the wrong done."
"You can find among us uneducated people, artisans and elderly mothers unable to present the case of their doctrine verbally, but who prove the usefulness of their principles through deeds. They do not utter things learned by heart, but perform good deeds: when hit, they do not hit back, when robbed, they do not take legal action, they give to those who ask and love their neighbour as themselves."

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