All Saints: Vulnerability of the Saints

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1 Corinthians 1:2 NIV
To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:

Strange that All Saints falls on Halloween?
baptized version of all hallows eve
Are we saints?
1 Corinthians 1:2 NIV
To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:
Learning More From the Struggles of the Saints
Blessing = Good things; Beatitudes = opposite
Poverty
Luke 6:20 NIV
Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Luke 6:
Luke 1:53 NIV
He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.
Hunger
Luke 6:21 NIV
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Isaiah 55:1–2 NIV
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.
Isaiah 55:1 NIV
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
Luke 1:53 NIV
He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.
Grieving
Luke 6:22 NIV
Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
Luke 6:21 NIV
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Lamentations 3:19–23 NIV
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Luke 6:
Lamentations 3:19–22 NIV
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
Lamentations 3:19-23
Lamentations 3
Rejected
Luke 6:22 NIV
Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
Luke
Luke 20:46 NIV
“Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
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