Page 11 - The Promise of Persecution

Many times we want to try to be friends with

the world or get the approval of the world.

You ask, "What is the world?" Well, in our

Galatians series just a couple of weeks ago

we spent a little bit of time on that, and I'll

just give you the verses instead of turning

to all of them. John chapter 14, verse 30,

tells us that Satan is the prince of this world,

and then 2 Corinthians 4 and verse 4 says

he's the god of this world. Satan blinds the

minds of them which believe not.

So the world here represents that system

that is in rebellion against God and His

church and is headed up by Satan, the

prince of this world. First John chapter 2,

verse 15, says, “Love not the world, neither

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