DAY 24: WHEN PERSECUTION ARISES I

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THE RHEMA WORD FOR TODAY
(A DAILY DEVOTIONAL WITH PREACHER SAM)

TOPIC: WHEN PERSECUTION ARISES I
DATE: 24 SEPTEMBER, 2019
BIBLE READING: MATTHEW 24:9-22
MEDITATION/MEMORY VERSE: LUKE 18:8 (NLT)
I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?

Persecution is going to arise before the Son of Man returns (Matt. 24:9, 30, 31). And it is already happening. Some Christians in the Northern part of Nigeria and some other parts of the world are being persecuted for their faith in Jesus.
Now why will God allow us to pass through persecution before the Son of Man returns?
I believe it's because He wants to probe our hearts and test our faith.
1 John 2:19
These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us.
This is an excerpt of a revelation I got while praying in the Spirit early last year:
The church will pass through the refiner's fire to be purified like a gold (Zech. 13:9). Because Jesus Christ would present unto himself a glorious church; a church without spots or wrinkle or blemish (Eph. 5:25-27).
So when persecution arises, will you remain faithful or will you deny the faith? From our bible reading, verses 12 and 13 say, “Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.”
It was after Jesus had this that was when He gave that prophetic parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins in Matthew 25. The Bible says in Matthew 10:33, “But if you stand before others and say you do not believe in me, then I will tell my Father in heaven that you do not belong to me.” This was exactly what He had said in that parable to half of the Virgins, “But the groom replied, “I don't even know you!” (Matthew 25:12).
When persecution arises, will you endure to the end? And will He find you still in the faith?
Remember that the persecution is just like a Refiner's fire to purify us, so that Christ will present unto the Father a glorious Church.

ACTION POINT: WHAT KIND OF CHRISTIAN AM I? WHEN MY FAITH IS TRIED, WILL I BE MOVED?
PRAYER POINT: O LORD, HELP ME BY YOUR GRACE TO ENDURE PERSECUTION WHEN I'M FACED WITH IT!
PERSONAL READING: MALACHI 3:1-5

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