Why
Persecution???
Lord Jesus says in the book John 15:18, If the world hates
you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. Lord
clearly tells His disciples that what will happen to them, and He adds, why the
world hates them. John 15:19 says If ye
were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the
world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. So
when you are walking with the Lord Jesus Christ you are no more walking with
the world (flesh) but in Spirit. We are the children of light and we don’t
have any part with darkness. We will face persecution as it happened to the Lord
Jesus Christ and if it could happen to Him, how much we are? Didn’t He do the Father’s will?
Yes, indeed He obeyed and fulfilled the Father’s will. And the disciples faced persecution; they
obeyed their Master’s word and fulfilled His will. They preached the gospel all across the world, but they
were threatened and persecuted. They accepted and faced the persecutions that they are no more
the children of flesh but of Spirit. They feared God rather than man, Lord Jesus says in the book of Matthew 10:28, And fear not them which kill the body, but rather
fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell
Romans 8:10 says, And if Christ be in you, the
body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life
because of righteousness. If we
live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:25. Many times
you cannot go along with the world, because you are obeying God’s word and walking in
Spirit. As the rise of the antichrist (to rule the world) is nearing, the church will face persecution. When the antichrist rises he will persecute and kill saints
(believers) of God, since God has allowed it. Revelation 13:7, 10 says, And it
was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power
was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. He that leadeth into
captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be
killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. The
antichrist expects us to do what he wants, like forcing us to accept the mark
of the beast and to worship the beast, when we deny, he will persecute us by taking us as captives or to
be killed.
Lord Jesus Christ will give us courage and strength during
all these times.
It is time to obey God!!!
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