Polycarp: Christ Has Done Me No Wrong

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Sep 28, 2021 · 3m

READ: MATTHEW 10:17-20; 26-31; HEBREWS 12:2-3 Reading today’s verses, I wonder how I would respond if I were arrested and put on trial for my faith. I hope I would respond like Polycarp—a believer from the second century church. According to church historians, Polycarp was a “second generation” Christian who heard the gospel from the apostle John. He became a leader in the church of Smyrna, which often faced heavy persecution from the Roman Empire. When Polycarp was in his eighties, he had to flee Smyrna and go into hiding, but the Romans found him anyway. When soldiers came to the door…