Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. - Matthew 5:11-12
AMEN dear sister! And I must confess my sin that this is sometimes hard for me. LOL! To find a silver lining, at least I can be certain that there is much for me to learn. :)
And Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch . . .
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Philip obviously was not in correct obedient submission to Peter, the Purported Pontificator of Rome . . . How DARE Philip send that hapless Ethiopian Eunuch off to attempt the utter futility of living a Christian life with ONLY a few bits of UNRUBBERIZED, UNROMANIZED Scriptures and Holy Spirit to aid him.
NO Most Self-Righteously Holy Magnificent Maryolatrous Magicsterically Pontifical Politically Roman Apostolic Churchianity to administer the Sacraments; Forgive him for lusting after an extra mango in his heart; absolve him for not saying enough Hail Mary's; threaten him for not kowtowing sufficiently in front of sufficient numbers of images; ostracize him for not calling sufficient numbers of men FATHER; . . .
The very futile audacity of Philip to Preach the Word to the poor Eunuch and send him off with only Scripture and Holy Spirit to guide him.
What heresy! What a travesty! What damnably schlocky obedience to the Roman hierarchy! How dare he send that Eunuch off without sufficient Roman Magicsterical chains, encyclicals, edicts and boundaries. Clearly the Eunuch could ONLY flounder in heresy and end up in hell. What a waste of Philip's bother. What a futile teasing of the poor Eunuch's spiritual hopes and aspirations. Imagine--ONLY Holy Spirit for a guide! Shocking!
/sar
Thank you so much for your encouragements!