The gates of Hades will not overcome Christs' church

The gates of Hades will not overcome Christs' church

Notice that Christ said specifically that the gates of hades will not overcome His church. The thought often occurs to me that Satan can do nothing to overcome the church from the outside. No amount of perversity, depravity, or even persecution will ever overcome the church. Satan can’t tear us down from the outside; that’s why he seeks to do an inside job using division, bitterness among believers, infighting, and denominational elitism. Local church bodies don’t die because of the world’s influence; they die from internal diseases. Let’s be on the lookout for inside jobs. Keep Satan out, and the very gates of hades cannot prevail against us.