Persecution and Resilience Through Biblical Stories
Explore the concept of persecution through key biblical passages such as Genesis 14:14-16, I Samuel 26:20, and Matthew 13:20-21. Discover how individuals faced persecution and found strength in their faith. This reflection on persecution offers insights into resilience and spiritual growth amid adversity, drawing parallels between historical contexts and contemporary challenges faced by Christians.
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PERSECUTION The Great Chase
Why PERSECUTION? It has always been a part of the suffering that Christians have experienced for following Jesus Persecution is an extreme form of that suffering
What is PERSECUTION? It afflicts God s OT people R daph To run after with hostile intent
Genesis 14:14-16 And when Abram heard that his relative (Lot) had been taken captive, he led out his trained men, born in his house, 318, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. And he defeated them,
Genesis 14:14-16 and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. And he brought back all the goods and Lot with his possessions, and also the women and the people.
I Samuel 26:20 Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, just as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.
Psalm 31:15b Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
Lamentations 5:5 Our pursuers are at our necks; we are worn out, there is no rest for us.
What is PERSECUTION? It afflicts God s NT people too Di k to pursue, to chase, to persecute
Matthew 13:20-21 the one on whom seed was sown in rocky places, this is the man who hears the word, and immediately receives it with joy;
Matthew 13:20-21 yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction and persecution arises because of the word immediately falls away
Luke 5:10-12 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you when men cast insults at you, and persecute you,
Luke 5:10-12 and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me. Rejoice and be glad for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
John 15:20 A slave is not greater than his master. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you.
Acts 9:4-5 and he (Saul of Tarsus) fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? And he said, Who are you, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus whom you are persecuting
What is PERSECUTION? After his conversion Paul began to use the word di k in a new way Di k to pursue without hostility, to follow, to follow after
Paul Says So then, let us pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another (Romans 14:19)
Paul Says Pursue love (I Corinthians 14:1)
Paul Says always seek after that which is good for one another and for all men (I Thessalonians 5:15)
Paul Says pursue righteous, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness (I Timothy 6:11)
Paul Says pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord (II Timothy 2:22)
Paul Says Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14)
Your Walk with Jesus Trivial Pursuit? Or The Great Chase?
