The Glory of Persecution, #1

We are entering into the concluding portion of the Beatitudes. And it is with more than a little bit of bitter sweetness in my soul that I do so because my private study to prepare for these messages has been so rich. I am going to miss it, but I trust that the Lord has other things has for us in the days to come.

My clearest recollection of my first episode with persecution involved my departed father. I had been a Christian for a number of months and I wasn’t particularly aggressive in sharing Christ with him. But something about the transformation that the Holy Spirit had worked in my heart offended him...

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