"Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted ME, they will also persecute you. If they kept MY word, they will also keep yours. But all these things they will do to you on account of MY name, because they do not know HIM who sent ME. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have NO EXCUSE for their sin."
Salvation is free, but it costs! That statement was difficult for me to grasp for the longest. How can something "cost" if it is free?
There is nothing I can do worthy of getting me into Heaven. The "ONLY WAY" is through JESUS CHRIST! (John 14:6). The only way to get to heaven is through sacrifice of JESUS!
But, some people will persecute others, and they don't even know it! Matthew 10:22 says "and you will be hated by all for MY name's sake."
When others persecute you, and it WILL happen, remember it is the enemy (devil) that is causing that. It is not bad people. It is people who are "under the influence" of evil. Ephesians 6:12 says "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
Evil has many faces. We have to recognize it when it is manifested, no matter how "dressed up" it is.
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