Beatitudes: The Happiness That Nobody Wants – Those Who Are Persecuted for Jesus – Part 4
As a disciple of Christ, we need to prepare ourselves to face challenges, opposition, and persecution, throughout our lives. We learned in our last article how to deal with persecution. In this article we will learn something very important. 4 – THE REWARD FOR THOSE WHO ARE PERSECUTED Finally, we learn that there will be […]
Beatitudes: The Happiness That Nobody Wants – Those Who Are Persecuted for Jesus – Part 3
My friends, Jesus made clear to His disciples that they would be persecuted. The other authors in the New Testament took the same route, writing to the churches that they would face persecution because of their faith. In this third article we will learn what Jesus and the apostles had to say about handling persecution. […]
Beatitudes: The Happiness That Nobody Wants – Those Who Are Persecuted for Jesus – Part 2
All the Christians should know this, opposition to our faith is a certainty. It is not a matter of if, but when. Jesus warned the disciples from the beginning. This is what Jesus said: Matt. 5:11 “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely…” 1 […]
Beatitudes: The Happiness That Nobody Wants – Those Who Are Persecuted – Part 1
We are getting to the end of the Beatitudes. Jesus will talk about the consequences of being a Committed Christian. And, as you already noticed, it is not a wonderful and easy thing. Today, Successful Christianity is measured by the amount of money you make, the good things that you have, and the success of […]
Psalm 129 – Facing Our Enemies – Part 1
In our lifetime we will have to deal with people that can be considered enemies, our enemies. They are our enemies, even if we think that we did not do anything to become their enemies. They are our enemies first of all, because they are enemies of our God. They do not like God, or even […]
Psalm 123 – Lord, They Are Making Fun of Me – Part 1
Being a Christian today is not an easy task. People do not understand and do not accept the idea of God, church, discipleship and commitment. Because of that they make fun of us who want to follow Jesus and serve Him. These are some of the names that Christians are called nowadays: Who do you […]
C’mon God, Give Me a Break! – If I am following you, why am I still being persecuted?
Have you ever wondered why good people suffer? Yes, we all do it. David is not different. He knew very well that he was not the most perfect person around, but he was on the right path. But even though he was trying to do the right thing he was suffering on the inside and […]
C’mon God, Give Me a Break! – I am being attacked on every front
Have you ever been in a period in your life when everything seems to go against you? No matter where you turn, things are not working in your favor. It is the ultimate “Murphy’s Law”, which says: “whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.” When David wrote this Psalm he was going through one of […]