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"I am afraid to become a Christian because I will suffer persecution"
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Matthew 5:10
2Corinthians 4:17 "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;"
2Timothy 2:12 "If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:"
1Peter 4:14 "If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified."
James 1:12 "Blessed is the man that endures trial: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him."
1Peter 3:14 "But if you suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are you: and,
Psalm 118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
"My friends and relatives would make fun of me"
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Matthew 5:10
Matthew 5:11 "
Matthew 5:12 "
Matthew 10:36
Matthew 10:37
Christ is worth more than any dear thing to you.
John 15:18 "
It is a great honour to share in the suffering of and hatred for Christ for then you will also share in His honour and the love the Father has for Him.
John 15:19 "
Their hatred is sign that you have gained something better than you had had when they had accepted you even God's approval.
2Timothy 3:12 "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."
Persecution is proof that God is in you in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
2Corinthians 6:14 Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and what partnership has light with darkness?
It is impossible for true friends to persecute you. Anyone who persecutes your stand for God is not a true friend.
1Peter 4:14 "If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified."
Persecution reveals the glory of Christ in you.
"The Christian life is without problems"
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Acts 14:22 "Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God."
2Timothy 3:12 "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."
Matthew 5:10
2Corinthians 1:7 "And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so shall you be also of the consolation."
2Timothy 4:5 "But you watch in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fully carry out your ministry."
John 16:33 "
In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Philippians 3:10 "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;"
Romans 8:17 "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, so that we may be also glorified together."
"I want to be a Christian but my parents will disown me If I do"
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Matthew 10:34 ,34 "
Zechariah 2:8 For thus says the LORD of hosts;
2Peter 2:9 "The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:"
Psalm 125:3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
Psalm 27:10 "When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up."
"I can't stand the oppositions if I do this"
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John 16:33 "
John 16:5 "
1John 4:4 "You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world."
Philippians 3:10 "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;"
Zechariah 4:7 "Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain: and he shall bring forth its headstone with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it."
"If I will not be persecuted, then I will serve God"
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Colossians 3:23 "And whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"
Matthew 10:39
"I will be rejected if I choose to follow Christ and Who will take care of me if I choose to follow God/Christ"
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Ephesians 1:6 "To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he has made us accepted in the beloved."
Jeremiah 31:3 "The LORD has appeared of old unto me, saying,
Psalm 27:10 "When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up."
Count it an honour to share in the sufferings of God's honourable men for then you will also share in their honour.