Persecution is increasing and will continue to.
The time is coming when we all must make a choice: continue living life here but lose out on eternity with Jesus or lose our lives for Jesus' sake/be with Him for eternity. The choice is up to you.
A short 4-minute video is inspiration for this post: Persecution on the Church in America will one day be a reality.
This post on persecution is going to be different.
I’ll firstly say that the Bible talks about severe persecution as Matthew 24:9-10 says, “Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for My name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.” Christians in the Middle East, Africa, and China and all countries who are occupied by Muslims are being severely persecuted and brutally martyred for their faith in Jesus.
Continuing with my post: So, as for America, Christians have had small and mild amounts of persecution especially with the freedoms, but those freedoms are slowly being taken away from us day by day. God never said this life would be easy like the charismatic teachers who keep saying that “we will live our best life now”, not the case. The churches in America within the last decade have been so deceptive which Jesus said would happen in the end times, (Matthew 24:4) deception on a global scale, they have compromised/affirmed/accepted sinful lifestyles and still do. The teachers behind the pulpit won’t preach against sin, they won’t preach on the whole Bible, they won’t preach on repentance and the cold, hard truths of people’s sinfulness in need of a Savior, they won’t preach on the fact that Jesus said following Him on the narrow path wouldn’t be easy, living for Him is a constant battle as we’re fighting against our flesh, Satan and the world system, and they won’t preach on how horrible hell will be if people die in their sins without knowing Jesus as personal Lord and Savior, but persecute us when true born again believers preach the whole truth of the Bible and the whole Gospel message of eternal life and expose their false gospel. Hell will be for eternity separated from Jesus Christ forever where He nor I want people to go, we want everyone to be in Heaven with Jesus for eternity. So, along with those false teachers, lukewarm believers, atheists who are the mockers and scoffers mentioned in 2 Peter 3:3-4, man-made doctrines which we should avoid stated in Colossians 2:8, and man-made religion which all teach a works-based salvation, but we’re saved by grace through faith stated in Ephesians 2:8-9. Roman Catholicism and Islam especially influenced by Satan are the most violent persecutors of true Christians when they preach the whole Bible. Purgatory and Jesus being a prophet is nowhere mentioned in the Bible, purgatory is a false doctrine, and Jesus is God in the flesh, (Colossians 1:15-19, John 1:14, John 1:1-3, John 8:58) He’s not a prophet.
Persecution is a must for those who have been chosen by God to preach the cold hard truths of what God says in His Word and the whole truth of Jesus’ Gospel, especially when Jesus said in John 15:20, “Remember the word that I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept My saying, they will keep yours also.” We’ll see who is ready for persecution when it comes for Christians in America, the Christians with lukewarm faith will avoid persecution like the plague, but Christians who have strong faith and are kept by the power of God, we won’t fear persecution or even fear martyrdom if that’s in God’s will, we’ll endure it all the way until the end and then we’ll finally be with Jesus forever. Satan has been against Christians from the very beginning since Jesus ascended to Heaven and His apostles preached the Gospel to the Jews and Gentiles, then all of them never denying they saw Jesus’ resurrection and were martyred for their faith. I give all the praise, all the glory, the honor, the gratitude and thanks to Jesus Christ for everything He does for those who follow Him, His commandments and are obedient to Him daily. I love You, King Jesus!
This is what lukewarm believers will do to true born-again believers for preaching the truth:
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. - John 16:2.
And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, them I am strong. - 2 Corinthians 12:9-10.
Heavenly Father, I pray for all Christians everywhere who truly follow Jesus daily, those who are being severely persecuted for their faith in the Middle Eastern countries, that they have Your strength, courage, comfort, peace, joy, their spiritual armor and the Holy Spirit inside of them increased as they endure the persecution, because this life is only temporary, and eternity is forever, Father. I pray that people understand the horrible, brutal, awful, severest persecution and martyrdom in human history that will take place during the final 3 and a half years of the Tribulation called the Great Tribulation when Christians refuse to take the Mark of the Beast stated in Revelation 13 that the final Antichrist will demand everyone to get, that they’ll be killed automatically and be with Jesus forever. Everyone else who takes the Mark will suffer tremendously from Your wrath, because they didn’t repent of their sins, they shook their fists at You and blasphemed Your name constantly as the whole world faces Your judgment, fury and wrath loving their sinful lifestyle rather than turn to You, humble themselves, come to repentance and faith in You, Father. I pray that the sufferings we endure, the trials we face, the pain we go through, and everything that the world throws at us, especially the people that Satan influences to mock our faith in Jesus, laugh at us, revile us, call us horrible names, how they say evil things against us falsely for Jesus’ sake and persecute us, that we continue to have Your strength, courage, our spiritual armor and Your Holy Spirit inside of us increased and strengthened when we preach the whole truth, expose the lies of all man-made religion and their false doctrines, the churches and the false teachers who affirm sinful lifestyles when we’re meant to call out their sinfulness in need of a Savior, how witchcraft/sorcery/occultic/new age practices are an abomination to You along with murdering people and the unborn babies in the womb, how pride leads to many other sins and down a dark path, that homosexuality and people claiming to be transgender is a sin, how Jesus is the ONLY way to Heaven, to preach about hell but not ever wanting to people to go there, just warning them if they die in their sins and preach about repentance/turning away from their sins and turning back to You, Father. So, to receive Your free gift of everlasting life and to be saved, everyone must truly believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, believe in their heart that You have raised Him from the dead, repent, (turn away from their sins) believe that Jesus died on the cross for them and their sins when they confess them to You, be humble, obedient, deny themselves, take up their crosses daily, surrender their whole lives to You and follow Your Commandments. I pray that more Christians will be bold for You and preach the whole truth against sin and to help people see their sinfulness in need of a Savior, Father, it’s just the lukewarm Christians will come after us, they get offended and give into their flesh so easily, that’s why when persecution comes, they’ll run in the opposite direction, but I pray that they’ll stand strong as spiritual soldiers for You when they put on their spiritual armor, Father. We give You all the praise and the glory for everything, and we love You very much. It’s in the Mighty Name of our Lord Jesus, that I pray. Amen. Turn to Jesus Christ today, because we have no idea how much time we have left, as the world is heading towards the seven-year Tribulation time period where God’s wrath and judgment will be poured on the unbelievers who witness that and the Christians who are severely persecuted and martyred for their faith in refusing the Mark of the Beast. Plus, tomorrow is never promised at all for anyone. God Bless everyone!
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. - John 3:16.
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! - Isaiah 5:20-21.
End Time Headlines links:
China and Iran’s alliance could intensify Christian persecution.
We will face persecution from all sides, and God removes people from our lives.
Unbelievers don’t want children learning about Jesus and about what the Bible teaches.
Pastors who quote from the Bible about God creating only 2 genders, they get arrested.
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