Protecting the Church
3 passages
- John 17:15
I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.
Read it in context - Matthew 16:18
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Read it in context - Revelation 9:4
They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
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