"They that take the sword shall perish with the sword" (Matthew xxvi, 52). He evidently considered this commendable, for he immediately issued the following command to his disciples: "He that hath no sword let him sell his garments and buy one" (Luke xxii, 36). 547 What did he say regarding the fear of death? "Be not afraid of them that kill the body" (Luke xii, 4). "After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him" (John vii, 1). 548 What is to be the earthly reward of those that follow Christ? "There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive a hundred fold now in this time" (Mark x, 29, 30). "Who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?" (1 Peter iii, 13.) "For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light" (Matthew xi, 30). "In the world ye shall have tribulation" (John xvi, 33). "Ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake" (Luke xxi, 17). "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution" (2 Tim. iii, 12). "For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth" (Hebrews xii, 6). 549 What promise did Christ make to Paul at the commencement of his ministry? "I am with thee and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee" (Acts xviii, 10). "Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned" (2 Corinthians xi, 24, 25). 550 How are Christ's true followers to be distinguished from those of the devil? "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin" (1 John iii, 9). "He that committeth sin is of the devil" (8). Judged by this standard what is the comparative strength of these sovereigns' subjects? "There is no man that sinneth not" (1 Kings viii, 46). "There is not a just man upon earth" (Ecclesiastes vii, 20). "There is none righteous, no, not one" (Romans iii, 10). 551 Great stress is placed upon the moral teachings of Jesus. What did he teach? Did he advocate industry and frugality? "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth" (Matthew vi, 19). "Take no thought for your life what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on" (25). "Take therefore no thought for the morrow" (34). 552 What were the early Christians? Acts: They were Communists. "They had all things common.... For as many as were possessors of land or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet; and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need" (iv, 32-35).