Page 10 - The Promise of Persecution
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by the world and that they would be
persecuted, and this is one of the reasons
why the Lord is spending so much time
teaching them in the upper room. These
teachings are very important, especially for
the circumstance that is arising. So there's
a cost in serving the Lord. There's a cost of
discipleship. Christ was righteous, and He
was persecuted and hated, so in this upper
room the night before His crucifixion, He's
preparing His disciples for persecution and
the hatred that they would receive.
Coming back to verse 18, Jesus says, “If
the world hate you, ye know that it hated
me before it hated you.” So clearly the
world is going to hate the disciples of Christ.
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