tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190850745642630460.post518336703435872387..comments2024-03-07T09:18:53.344-10:00Comments on Another Voice (Rev. 18:4): Professing Christian, "A Friend Of The World" Is Still "The Enemy Of God"tom m.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15599745604750315747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190850745642630460.post-52629899573961976382008-04-02T14:23:00.000-10:002008-04-02T14:23:00.000-10:00In 248 A.D. Cyprian, the Bishop of Carthage, wrote...In 248 A.D. Cyprian, the Bishop of Carthage, wrote the following to his friend Donatus about Christians: <BR/><BR/>"This seems to be a cheerful world, Donatus, when I view it from this fair garden under the shadow of these vines. But if I climb some great mountain and look out over the wide lands, you know very well what I would see -- brigands on the road, pirates on the seas, in the amphitheaters men murdering each other to please the applauding crowds, and under all roofs I see misery and selfishness. It is really a bad world, Donatus, an incredibly bad world. Yet in the midst of it, I have found a quiet and holy people. They have discovered a joy which is a thousand times better than any pleasure of this sinful life. They are despised and persecuted but they care not, These people, Donatus, are Christians and I am one of them."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190850745642630460.post-15063187451180332522008-04-01T18:15:00.000-10:002008-04-01T18:15:00.000-10:00This world is not my home....i'm just passing thro...This world is not my home....i'm just passing through....and looking and waiting for the Blessed Hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com