Page 6 - The Promise of Persecution

unto you, The servant is not greater than

his lord. If they have persecuted me, they

will also persecute you; if they have kept

my saying, they will keep yours also.

21 But all these things will they do unto

you for my name’s sake, because they

know not him that sent me.”

Heavenly Father, we do ask tonight Your

blessings upon the reading of holy Scripture.

And, Father, we pray this evening that You'll

speak to us by Thy Holy Spirit, and, Lord, that

we would consider the soberness of the text that

we're coming to, for it's in Christ Jesus' name

we pray, Amen.

You may be seated. Now, last week we

looked at verses 16 and 17 in John chapter

15, and we found four promises in verse 16.

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