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given to us in Luke 12 and Luke 14; it's given to

us in Matthew 16 and also in Revelation

chapter 3 and verse 5. And basically what this

means is that we are to confess Christ before

men and He will confess us before the Father.

In other words, we are not to be ashamed

publicly of the Lord Jesus and we are not to

allow fear of other people to creep into our

hearts. We are not to worry about being

disliked or hated. We are to keep our minds

upon the Lord and follow Him and trust Him.

Now, as we look at this, we see that the

Gospel will not conquer every soul upon this

earth. Not everyone will be saved, so there's

going to be those who are going to be hostile

toward what you believe. The Gospel divides

the sheep from the goats. Now, I'm going to

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