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Today's Early Church Wisdom
“The professions and trades of those who are going to be accepted into the community must be examined. The nature and type of each must be established… brothel, sculptors of idols, charioteer, athlete, gladiator…give it up or be rejected. A military constable must be forbidden to kill, neither may he swear; if he is not willing to follow these instructions, he must be rejected. A proconsul or magistrate who wears the purple and governs by the sword shall give it up or be rejected. Anyone taking or already baptized who wants to become a soldier shall be sent away, for he has despised God.”
~ Hippolytus (170AD – 236AD)
This week's Psalm is Psalm 31 'My Rock, My Shield, My Song'

A Life of Uncompromising Faith

When Jesus declared, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve’” (Matthew 4:10), He was not merely rejecting a temptation but revealing the absolute and exclusive claim of God upon the human heart. It has been said that if Jesus is not Lord of all, then He is not Lord at all. His immense redeeming love calls for our total consecration to Him. He gave His all for us. Let us then give our all for Him. A life of uncompromising faith is a life of unlimited power. As Wesley says, “Faith the mighty promise sees, and laughs at impossibilities!”