Page 9 - The Promise of Persecution
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There  are  many  forms  of  persecution.



             Obviously,  martyrdom  is  one  form,  but



             another form of persecution is prison.  We



             find in chapter 8 of the book of Acts that the



             church  was  scattered,  so  that  was  also  a



             form of persecution.  They were scattered



             and had to leave their homes.  Also, slander,



             insult,  loss  of  property  (as  we  see  in  the



             latter  part  of  Hebrews  chapter  10),  and



             forsaken  by  friends  and  family  and



             countrymen are other forms of persecution.




                    Now, we see that many of the apostles



             had some extreme forms of persecution.  As



             we come to verse 18, the simple thing that



             Jesus is teaching His disciples here is that



             there is a promise that they would be hated






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