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John 15:18 If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.

John 15:18 If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.

John 15:20 Remember the words I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.

John 15:20 Remember the words I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.

PersecutionPersecution

1. Is inevitable

John 15:19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

John 15:19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

PersecutionPersecution

1. Is inevitable

We are no longer of

this worldWe are no longer of

this world

John 15:21 They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me.

John 15:21 They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me.

PersecutionPersecution

1. Is inevitable

We are associated

with JesusWe are associated

with Jesus

“God has called you to Christ’s side, and the wind is now in Christ’s face in this land; and

since you are with him you cannot expect the

sheltered or sunny side of the hill.”

“God has called you to Christ’s side, and the wind is now in Christ’s face in this land; and

since you are with him you cannot expect the

sheltered or sunny side of the hill.”

John 15:22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

John 15:22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

PersecutionPersecution

1. Is inevitable

We embody the truth

We embody the truth

John 3:19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

John 3:19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

PersecutionPersecution

1. Is inevitable

We embody the truth

We embody the truth

“So much popular Western evangelical

religiosity is so shallow and selfish.

“So much popular Western evangelical

religiosity is so shallow and selfish. It promises so much and demands

so little .. It hardly speaks of repentance, sacrifice, self denial, holy lifestyle and a willingness to

die for Christ.”Peter Kusmic

It promises so much and demands so little .. It hardly speaks of

repentance, sacrifice, self denial, holy lifestyle and a willingness to

die for Christ.”Peter Kusmic

John 16:2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

John 16:2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

PersecutionPersecution

2. Is terrible

200 million Christiansare suffering persecution

200 million Christiansare suffering persecution

PersecutionPersecution

2. Is terrible

26 million lost their lives in the 20th Century

26 million lost their lives in the 20th Century

PersecutionPersecution

2. Is terrible

Acts 8:1On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered …

Acts 8:1On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered …

PersecutionPersecution

3. Is endurable

“The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the

church.”

“The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the

church.”

Acts 8:1On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered …

Acts 8:1On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered …

PersecutionPersecution

3. Is endurable

Acts 5:39But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”

Acts 5:39But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”

PersecutionPersecution

3. Is endurable

John 15:25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’

John 15:25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’

PersecutionPersecution

3. Is endurable

There is hope because

Christ is in controlThere is hope because

Christ is in control

John 15:19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

John 15:19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

PersecutionPersecution

3. Is endurable

There is hope because

we belong to ChristThere is hope because

we belong to Christ

John 15:19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

John 15:19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

PersecutionPersecution

3. Is endurable

There is hope because

Christ’s presence is

with us

There is hope because

Christ’s presence is

with us

“By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered. And confidently waiting

come what may.We know that God is

with us night and morning.

And never fails to meet us each new day”

“By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered. And confidently waiting

come what may.We know that God is

with us night and morning.

And never fails to meet us each new day”

John 16:7 But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counsellor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

John 16:7 But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counsellor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

PersecutionPersecution

3. Is endurable

There is hope because

Christ’s power is with

us

There is hope because

Christ’s power is with

us

Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, … let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, … let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

Our responseOur response

1. We SUPPORT them

Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, … let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, … let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

Our responseOur response

2. We SEARCH ourselves

No wound? No scar?Yet as the Master shall the servant be

And pierced are the feet that follow me;But thine are whole: can he have

followed far Who has nor would nor scar?

Amy Carmichael

No wound? No scar?Yet as the Master shall the servant be

And pierced are the feet that follow me;But thine are whole: can he have

followed far Who has nor would nor scar?

Amy Carmichael