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need to repeat it often, as well, and when
we come to this subject of opposition to the
Gospel and persecution and hatred by the
world, you cannot read a book in the New
Testament without reading about this
subject. For example, five chapters in 1 Peter
deal with the subject of the church and
persecution, and it's mentioned many times
in the book of Revelation.
Now, I have about 35 verses dealing with
persecution, and I want to give you at least
some of those. In Matthew chapter 5 is the
Sermon on the Mount, The Beatitudes,
beginning in verse 1 down through about
verse 12, and notice with me in verses 10,
11, and 12: “Blessed are they which are
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