PERSECUTIONS.

BUT THOU HAST FULL KNOWN MY DOCTRINE,MANNER OF LIFE,PURPOSE,FAITH,LONGSUFFERRING,CHARITY,PATIENCE,PERSECUTIONS AFFLICTIONS,WHICH CAME UNTO ME AT ANTIOCH,AT ICONIUM,AT LYSTRA;WHAT PERSECUTIONS I ENDURED:BUT OUT OF THEM ALL THE LORD DELIVERED ME. IN THIS LETTER ...THE APOSTLE PAUL MADE IT CLEAR THAT PEOPLE THAT KNEW HIM,ALSO KNEW WHERE HE STOOD AND WHAT HE TAUGHT ABOUT LIVING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. HE ALSO MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WITH IT...COMES LOTS OF PERSECUTION AND AFFLICTION. BUT THEN HE TELLS US ALL THAT EVEN THOUGH WE CAN EXPECT ALL THIS ,THE LORD CAN DELIVER US FROM IT ALL. I USED THE WORD CAN BECAUSE THAT IS ALL UP TO THE LORD.IN PAULS CASE THE LORD DID DELIVER HIM FROM THEM ALL. VERSE 12 OF THAT SAME CHAPTER SAYS THIS."YEA AND THAT ALL THAT WILL LIVE GODLY IN CHRIST SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION." THIS MORNING MY PRAYER IS FOR ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST,KNOWING THEY WILL SUFFER SOME FORM OF PERSECUTION TODAY,THAT THE LORD WILL DELIVER YOU ALL FROM ALL THAT CAUSES YOU GRIEF TODAY.