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with words — and if they could get by with

other things, they would probably do that

as well. I've seen a lot of that over the years,

especially trying to preach. But Romans 8,

verse 36, tells us that we're counted as

sheep for the slaughter. Meditate on that

for a while. Philippians 1:29 and also chapter

3 and verse 10 of that same book tell us that

we're not only to believe on the Lord, but

we're also to suffer for Him. In 1 Thessalonians

chapter 1, verses 4 through 10, we find that

the church there in Thessalonica received

the Word of God in much affliction, and in

chapter 2, verse14, and also in chapter 3,

verses 3 and 4, we read that the church was

persecuted. So persecution and afflictions

were not isolated occurrences.

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