Paul is in Rome. He is a prisoner. He has had his first hearing before Nero. It did not go well. The charges against Paul, though they were religious charges, stirred by the Jews, concerning Jesus, whom Paul preached as the Messiah, bringing many Jews to the faith in Jesus Christ. The Jews knew that these religious charges would not stand in a Roman court. And so they, no doubt, have changed the charges against Paul, as conspiracy against the Roman government, declaring that Paul was abdicating loyalty to Jesus Christ rather than loyalty to Caesar.Now it was demanded by the Roman Government that people declare that Caesar is lord. The Christians would refuse to do that. They believe that Jesus was Lord. It was the idea that the state ruled over the church. And that seems to be through the years, that conflict between state and church as the state always cries, the separation of church and state, when they fear the church might be having an influence that is greater than theirs on the people.
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