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some in the Corinthian church had even

denied Paul's apostleship.

So what are we saying? We're saying that

there is a cost to pay. Now, I hope you take

this message the right way. I want to

encourage you in the fact that when you

sign up for God's Kingdom to live for Him

and so forth, there is going to be opposition

and there's going to be persecution, but I

want you to understand that as we serve the

Lord, there are others who have gone

before us. The Lord Himself has gone before

us. This is the way the Christian life is —

unless you want to be popular and want to

be liked by everyone. Now, we all want to

be liked. We all want to be popular, but God

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