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Wouldyoucometochurchtodayifyouknewitwaslikelyyou’dbeattackedmid-service?WouldyouownaBibleifbeingcaughtwithitcouldsendyoutoprison?Wouldyoubereadytogiveyourlifeupforyourfaith?WeneedtoSTANDUPforyourfaithandSTANDWITHourpersecutedfamily.Oneofthemarksofthelastdaysistheincreasingpersecutionofthechurch.Wewanttolookatthecausesandeffectsofpersecution.Howsometimesthemostheartbreakingtimesbringthebiggestgrowth.Howwecanstandinlovedespitebeinghated?WHATISPERSECUTION?Christianpersecutionisany_____________________experiencedfromtheworldasaresultofapersonidentifyingasaChristian.

Today,inatypicalmonth…• Over300Christianswillbekilledbecauseoftheirfaith• Over200churchbuildingswillbedestroyed• Nearly800formsofviolence(suchasrape,arrestsandbeatings)willhappentopeople

becauseoftheirbeliefinJesus•

AccordingtothePewResearchCenter,over_______%oftheworldpopulationlivesinareaswherethereareseverereligiousrestrictions.

WhatDoesJesusSayAboutPersecution?READJohn15:18-27

• Itwillhappentoallwho________________him(vs.18and20)• Itisbecauseof_________(vs.21)• IthappensbecauseChristiansdonotbelongtothe_______________(vs.19)

ThePersecutedChurch

ownaBibleifbeingcaughtwithitcouldsendyoutoprison?Wouldyoubereadytogiveyourlifeupforyourfaith?

WeneedtoSTANDUPforyourfaithandSTANDWITHourpersecutedfamily.Oneofthemarksofthelastdaysistheincreasingpersecutionofthechurch.

Wewanttolookatthecausesandeffectsofpersecution.Howsometimesthemostheartbreakingtimesbringthebiggestgrowth.Howwecanstandinlovedespitebeinghated?

WHATISPERSECUTION?

Wouldyoucometochurchtodayifyouknewitwaslikelyyou’dbeattackedmid-service?Wouldyou

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WHYDOCHRISTIANSENDUREPERSECUTION?

Thefurtherasociety_____________fromtruth,themoreitwill______________thosewhospeakit.

TheInternationalSocietyforHumanRightsreportsthat_______%ofallactsofreligiousdiscriminationaredirectedagainstChristians.

Joyisthethermostatthatcontrolsyourlife,butpersecutionisthe____________________thatmeasuresyourlife.

LeonardRavenhillsaid,“Theearlychurchwasmarriedtopoverty,prisons,andpersecutions.Today,‘thechurch’ismarriedtoprosperity,personality,andpopularity.”WHEREISGODINPERSECUTION?

Whenwearepersecuted,therearefivethingsweneedtokeepinmind:

1.Sometimesyouneedtobuildyourselfa___________.(Psalm46:10).OneChinesechurchleader,whospent23yearsinprison,oncesaidthistoChristianswhodidnotfacepersecution:"Iwaspushedintoacell,butyouhavetopushyourselfintoone.YouhavenotimetoknowGod.Youneedtobuildyourselfacell,soyoucandoforyourselfwhatpersecutiondidforme—simplifyyourlifeandknowGod."2.WeaknessisadirectpathtoGod’s_________________-“Thatiswhy,forChrist'ssake,Idelightinweaknesses,ininsults,inhardships,inpersecutions,indifficulties.ForwhenIamweak,thenIamstrong.”—2Corinthians12:10.Dr.TonyEvanssaid,“WhenyourealizeGod’spurposeforyourlifeisn’tjustaboutyou,Hewilluseyouinamightyway.”3.Overcomingisgreaterthan__________________________.“Donotbeovercomebyevil,butovercomeevilwithgood.”—Romans12:21.YourlifeasaChristianshouldmakenonbelieversquestiontheir___________________inGod.4.Extremehurtrequiresextreme______________________.“AndJesussaid,"Father,forgivethem,fortheyknownotwhattheydo."Andtheycastlotstodividehisgarments.”—Luke23:345.Prayeristheultimate_____________________.“Rememberthoseinprisonasifyouweretheirfellowprisoners,andthosewhoaremistreatedasifyouyourselvesweresuffering.”—Hebrews13:3.AlbertEinsteinsaid,“Theworldwillnotbedestroyedbythosewhodoevilbutbythosewhowatchthemwithoutdoinganything.”HOWSHOULDWERESPONDWHENWE’REPERSECUTED?1.__________________withJesus

1Peter4:14,“IfyouareinsultedbecauseofthenameofChrist,youareblessed,fortheSpiritofgloryandofGodrestsonyou.”

Christianspractice______________forJesusby______________forJesus.

“Youdon’treallyknowJesusisallyou____________untilJesusisallyou_______________.”–TimothyKeller

2.___________________intheLord.

“ToberightwithGodhasoftenmeanttobeintroublewithmen.”–A.W.Tozer

“Theytriedtoburyus,buttheydidn’trealizewewereseeds.”–PersecutedChristians.3.____________________love.

Matthew5:44,“Loveyourenemiesandprayforthosewhopersecuteyou.”

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Wouldyoucometochurchtodayifyouknewitwaslikelyyou’dbeattackedmid-service?WouldyouownaBibleifbeingcaughtwithitcouldsendyoutoprison?Wouldyoubereadytogiveyourlifeupforyourfaith?WeneedtoSTANDUPforyourfaithandSTANDWITHourpersecutedfamily.Oneofthemarksofthelastdaysistheincreasingpersecutionofthechurch.Wewanttolookatthecausesandeffectsofpersecution.Howsometimesthemostheartbreakingtimesbringthebiggestgrowth.Howwecanstandinlovedespitebeinghated?WHATISPERSECUTION?Christianpersecutionisany_____________________experiencedfromtheworldasaresultofapersonidentifyingasaChristian.

Today,inatypicalmonth…• Over300Christianswillbekilledbecauseoftheirfaith• Over200churchbuildingswillbedestroyed• Nearly800formsofviolence(suchasrape,arrestsandbeatings)willhappentopeople

becauseoftheirbeliefinJesus•

AccordingtothePewResearchCenter,over_______%oftheworldpopulationlivesinareaswherethereareseverereligiousrestrictions.

WhatDoesJesusSayAboutPersecution?READJohn15:18-27

• Itwillhappentoallwho________________him(vs.18and20)• Itisbecauseof_________(vs.21)• IthappensbecauseChristiansdonotbelongtothe_______________(vs.19)

ThePersecutedChurch

ownaBibleifbeingcaughtwithitcouldsendyoutoprison?Wouldyoubereadytogiveyourlifeupforyourfaith?

WeneedtoSTANDUPforyourfaithandSTANDWITHourpersecutedfamily.Oneofthemarksofthelastdaysistheincreasingpersecutionofthechurch.

Wewanttolookatthecausesandeffectsofpersecution.Howsometimesthemostheartbreakingtimesbringthebiggestgrowth.Howwecanstandinlovedespitebeinghated?

WHATISPERSECUTION?

Wouldyoucometochurchtodayifyouknewitwaslikelyyou’dbeattackedmid-service?Wouldyou

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WHYDOCHRISTIANSENDUREPERSECUTION?

Thefurtherasociety_____________fromtruth,themoreitwill______________thosewhospeakit.

TheInternationalSocietyforHumanRightsreportsthat_______%ofallactsofreligiousdiscriminationaredirectedagainstChristians.

Joyisthethermostatthatcontrolsyourlife,butpersecutionisthe____________________thatmeasuresyourlife.

LeonardRavenhillsaid,“Theearlychurchwasmarriedtopoverty,prisons,andpersecutions.Today,‘thechurch’ismarriedtoprosperity,personality,andpopularity.”WHEREISGODINPERSECUTION?

Whenwearepersecuted,therearefivethingsweneedtokeepinmind:

1.Sometimesyouneedtobuildyourselfa___________.(Psalm46:10).OneChinesechurchleader,whospent23yearsinprison,oncesaidthistoChristianswhodidnotfacepersecution:"Iwaspushedintoacell,butyouhavetopushyourselfintoone.YouhavenotimetoknowGod.Youneedtobuildyourselfacell,soyoucandoforyourselfwhatpersecutiondidforme—simplifyyourlifeandknowGod."2.WeaknessisadirectpathtoGod’s_________________-“Thatiswhy,forChrist'ssake,Idelightinweaknesses,ininsults,inhardships,inpersecutions,indifficulties.ForwhenIamweak,thenIamstrong.”—2Corinthians12:10.Dr.TonyEvanssaid,“WhenyourealizeGod’spurposeforyourlifeisn’tjustaboutyou,Hewilluseyouinamightyway.”3.Overcomingisgreaterthan__________________________.“Donotbeovercomebyevil,butovercomeevilwithgood.”—Romans12:21.YourlifeasaChristianshouldmakenonbelieversquestiontheir___________________inGod.4.Extremehurtrequiresextreme______________________.“AndJesussaid,"Father,forgivethem,fortheyknownotwhattheydo."Andtheycastlotstodividehisgarments.”—Luke23:345.Prayeristheultimate_____________________.“Rememberthoseinprisonasifyouweretheirfellowprisoners,andthosewhoaremistreatedasifyouyourselvesweresuffering.”—Hebrews13:3.AlbertEinsteinsaid,“Theworldwillnotbedestroyedbythosewhodoevilbutbythosewhowatchthemwithoutdoinganything.”HOWSHOULDWERESPONDWHENWE’REPERSECUTED?1.__________________withJesus

1Peter4:14,“IfyouareinsultedbecauseofthenameofChrist,youareblessed,fortheSpiritofgloryandofGodrestsonyou.”

Christianspractice______________forJesusby______________forJesus.

“Youdon’treallyknowJesusisallyou____________untilJesusisallyou_______________.”–TimothyKeller

2.___________________intheLord.

“ToberightwithGodhasoftenmeanttobeintroublewithmen.”–A.W.Tozer

“Theytriedtoburyus,buttheydidn’trealizewewereseeds.”–PersecutedChristians.3.____________________love.

Matthew5:44,“Loveyourenemiesandprayforthosewhopersecuteyou.”

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