Great is Artemis

Great is Artemis Marriage Equality

Acts 19-20

‘…they began to cry out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”’  19:28b

This sounds ok and the masses were proclaiming it but behind it all were the merchants who sold the small silver statues of their god Artemis.  They believed that Paul’s proclamation of Christ would end their lucrative trade.  Sounds silly now. 

Whenever Jesus comes He disturbs the peace.  The peace however is often kept by a group with a deceptive hidden agenda cloaking it in catchy phrases, “Marriage equality” or “Reproductive Freedom” or in this case, “Great is Artemis…”