Have you ever felt the cruelty of those wolves because of your love and devotion to Jesus? Have you ever been shocked at how this present generation EVEN IN AMERICA has become such a hostile crowd shouting their venom against the Lord Jesus Christ and His Body the CHURCH. Sometimes I feel like we are back in time again at the court of Pontius Pilate and the world is deciding again what to do with Jesus. Choose him or Barabbas who represented ANTICHRIST. Friends they are deciding. They are making their eternal choice and they will not escape their perdition if they continue to persecute Jesus and his followers.
So when these anti Jesus spirited people nail you to the manifold crosses of their rejection, whether it be by disassociation, or mockings, or thru the cruelties of words as well as by the inflicting of wounds, THINK NOT that such is a strange thing happening to you. It is normal as carriers of the cross of Christ. For the scriptures tell us not only are we being honored and glorified together with Jesus, but we are also honored to suffer with him in this anti Jesus atmosphere/generation in this present world of darkness. For we remind you in love that the Shepherd shall again be struck in these last days by a great rejection by the spirit of AntiChrist so that the sheep might be again scattered and become separated & sanctified from the children of perdition who loved darkness more that light.
As you see this truth more and more unfolding before your eyes and ears let your heart cleave to the Lord our Savior and God above all your yesterdays. Let your heart become one with the local saints as well as those abroad for we need each others strength and encouragement to stand strong and not fall away in despair of the opposition.
And let us remember that GOD IS WITH US IN ALL OUR TRIALS AND TROUBLES....AND THAT GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN US THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD.
And let us pray as ONE earnestly the prayer of the Apostle Paul who lived his life according to words as penned here in this writing.......HE WROTE....2 Thessalonians 3:1-2)..Finally brethren, PRAY FOR US, {here is what we should pray}.....that the gospel of Jesus Christ will have free course and be glorified.......vs 2) And that we may be delivered from wicked and unreasonable men; for not all man have faith..
Paul, Peter, James, St John and the early church felt the stings of this worlds rejection of Jesus and his gospel. But they also tasted Gods manifold blessings of the full blessings of the gospel as well as Christ in them alive thru it all. So can and should we. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
In closing I want to remind you of some church history. When Rome persecuted the early Christians, the early Christians refused to compromise their love and stand for Christ. Being burned at the stake. Being fed to lions before a mocking crowd they found a grace rise up inside them that gave them unusual strength and courage and caused them to remain steadfast and bold. They praised the Lord in their sufferings for HIS NAME SAKE whether they tasted the sword, the lions, or the fire. In time this sowing of intercession in prayers, praise and in what their blood cried out unto God, won Rome over to Jesus. A nation of many many gods and several beliefs who opposed the Cross of Christ almost like no other, through what they saw and heard from these uncompromising early saints, caused them to cast away their false gods and embraced by faith the ONE TRUE GOD AND OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST....
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