Chapter Twenty“Come, pray with me,” John said.
Both he and Benjamin knelt, and John humbly asked for guidance for Benjamin and his friends, for success in their endeavours, and for protection for them all, and particularly to guard Petros’ mind against any falsehoods he was being given. Then on a practical level, he explained where to find Cerinthus’ home on the road leading toward Smyrna. He tried not to be critical of the man, remembering his Saviour died for all men. At the same time, he needed to impress on his great-grandson how dangerously ‘smooth’ Cerinthus was. “Like a snake, his falsehoods slide through peoples’ minds twisting the Word of God to suit his brand of lies.”
“How can people raised in the truth be so deceived?”
“Because,” John said, drawing himself straight and uprig
