Persecution Will Come

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Hymn - I cannot tell why he whom angels worship (508) - William Y Fullerton 1857-1932

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Psalm 72:5–7 ESV

May they fear you while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations! May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth! In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!

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Hymn - COME, YOU SINNERS, POOR AND NEEDY (1314) - Jamie Brown

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Matthew 10:16–25 ESV

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.

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Jesus called and sent out Apostles

Wise as Serpents & Innocent as Doves

Matthew 10:16 ESV

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

I am sending you out

As sheep in the midst of wolves

Be wise as Serpents

Cautiousness and wariness

“Sanctified common Sense” - do the right thing, at the right time and place, in the right manner

Innocent as Doves

Paul Speaks of this...

1 Corinthians 9:22 ESV

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.

Acts 24:16 ESV

So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV

Abstain from every form of evil.

Live lives filled with positive goodness...

1 Thessalonians 5:14–15 ESV

And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.

Beware

Matthew 10:17–18 ESV

Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles.

Men’s hearts are evil toward God

Those who speak His Word will be hated

Jesus warns of

Jewish Courts & Sanhedrin, to be flogged

Governors and Kings, to bear witness before them and Gentiles

Matthew 10:19–20 ESV

When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

When they deliver you over:

Do not be concerned how you are to speak or what to say

What you are to say will be given to you in that hour

For it is not you who speaks, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking through you

Matthew 10:21–22 ESV

Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Brother will deliver brother over to death

Father his child

Children will rise against parents and have them put to death

You will be hated by all for my name’s sake

BUT the one who endures to the end will be saved

Matthew 10:23 ESV

When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next

You will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man Comes

Matthew 10:24–25 ESV

“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.

A disciples is not above his teacher, not a servant above his master

It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master

They called the Master of the House Beelzebul, how much more will the malign those of his household.

Hymn - A debtor to mercy alone (773) - Augustus M Toplady 1740-78

Closing Prayer

Doxology