Dedication.......Rob bell nooma YOU 15

The early Church was an extremely dangerous to be associated with because in the Romans minds Caesar was god. He proclaimed to be God. That is why when Paul tells us to believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord is so significant. Back in the first century into the second century Caesar would throw party's and invite Christians and before the guest could come into the party they have to declare Caesar god. Caesar did this on purpose because he wanted the Christians to proclaim him as God. If the Christian did not identify that Caesar was God they would have been beheaded immediately. So the Christians would: we asked to confess Caesar as God, they would turn their backs to Caesar and raise there hands and shout "Jesus is LORD" by the time they finished there sentence that were already lying dead on the floor as a show of the power of Caesar. Do I have that dedication to the cause of Christ? Am I willing to give it all for Him? The early church was evidence of the resurrection themselves because would they die for something that they did not totally believe in? Do I have that same dedication.