Blessed are you when men cast insults at you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me. Matthew 5:11 When I read this I think, didn’t we just talk about persecution, why is Jesus repeating Himself? Since Jesus is doing it again, I am drawn to the [...]
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10 Welcome to following Jesus, now die! What a crazy way to climax this amazing set of character builders. Just for fun, did you notice that we have had seven Beatitudes to this point? Seven is God’s perfect [...]
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings. - Hebrews 2:10 But why did He need perfecting? (Or for my PA Dutch friends … Why did He need perfected?) Well, as [...]