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"My friends and relatives would make fun of me"

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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.

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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.

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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.

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John 15:18 "If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you."

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.

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John 15:19 "If you were of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you."

Their hatred is sign that you have gained something better than you had had when they had accepted you even God's approval.

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Matthew 10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

Matthew 10:37 He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Christ is worth more than any dear thing to you.

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Matthew 5:10 Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:11 "Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake."

Matthew 5:12 "Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you."

Count it an honour to share in the sufferings of God's honourable men for then you will also share in their honour.

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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.

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"There are some things I cannot give up"

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1John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

Colossians 3:2 "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth."

Setting your affections on things above will keep you above sin because your affections will always affect you.

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Romans 6:11 "Likewise reckon you also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord."

You can do that according to your ability to reckon that you have already given them up by Christ.

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Romans 8:12 "Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh."

Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

Titus 2:11 "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,"

Because grace has appeared to you in Christ you can give up any negative thing.

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