#Persecution and Faith

[trberman]

Standing Firm in Faith: A Latter-day Saint Perspective on Pride Month, Spiritual Rebellion, and the Call to Humility and Repentance

Disclaimer: The thoughts, ideas, and teachings are of the contributing writer’s own perspective and does not constitute any official doctrinal position or teaching that is representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. however, these ideas and teachings are based on official sources and scriptural authority. OverviewIntroduction: Pride Month Through a Scriptural LenseSection…

[allegraforchrist]

Pray for our brothers and sisters in China

1 billion bibles burned. Churches torn down. Men, and women thrown into “transformational camps” with no trial, no jury, no escape. Tortured, damaged and missing organs. But take heart for they have Spirit and Faith, memorizing whole books of the Bible, evangelizing in whispers, baptisms underground. Pray for them. Remember them. For the Lord of Heaven hears their cries and sees them when the world, the media refuses to look.

[a-lady-and-her-quill]

𝐵𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛.

𝐵𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑.

𝐵𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑘, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ.

𝐵𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑.

𝐵𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑦.

𝐵𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡,𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑑.

𝐵𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑.

𝐵𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛.

𝐵𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒.  𝑅𝑒𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑑, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

—The Beatitudes, 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑤 𝟻:𝟹–𝟷𝟸 (𝑁𝐼𝑉)

[valtsv]

not the christ parallels... faulkner built his own crown of thorns and hammered the nails into his own cross and now he's walking to the place where they'll string him up and pray to him through his pleas for it all to end. they'll remain fervent in their faith in him, in his story, and turn his agony into a symbol of worshipful adoration. he will never be just a man again.

[daughterofmaryam]

"Catholics are not persecuted at all!! Stop with that bullshit, you and your stupid p3do cult!!!", you know the world is not limited to the USA right? You know that other countries exist right?

[blissfulcabin7]

[heartoflesh]

Why Christianity is the Most Mocked Religion

It really just comes down to one word: Entitlement.

Everyone claims to know it. Everyone either is Christian or was at some point in time, so in their mind, they have some sort of license to mock it or "correct" it. But Christianity isn't a subject in school like say, math or english. What many people fail to understand, especially those on the other side of the faith fence, is that Christianity is a relationship. I don't know how many times we have to say it. At this point, I don't expect someone who hasn't experienced it to even understand so I kind of get why it's so difficult for some. Even more so those that don't even want to breathe in the general direction of "just try it."

It's so sad — the transparent love that they are missing just because someone as lowly as a human hurt them. Humans won't eveR come close to being like the Father. As much as we TRY to be like Jesus, which we strive for every day, we're just too imperfect. And in realizing this, we understand that's the whole point. The whole point is that we need Him. It's not about us feeling bad about ourselves, it's about realizing that we can have every good thing even though we're such imperfect beings, and anything outside of that mindset isn't confidence, it's narcissism.

God is the purest form of love I've EVER tasted and seen for myself. Not because someone told me. Not because I've had second hand shop experience. I've had many chances to leave the faith. Actually, I would've left the church establishment by now thanks to the wonderful humanity of others. The thing is though, I don't serve them. I don't go to church for them. I don't read my Bible because everyone else at my church does it, or even because it's the "right" thing to do (even though it is). I do everything because I love God and I want to know Him and be as close to Him as I can. It's me and God in the end afterall. God was never and never will be to blame for the evils of this world. We as humans do what we want because we can. We hurt others intentionally and unintentionally.

God is kind. God is loving. He is merciful and gracious and I have tasted and seen it myself. Anything outside of that, isn't God's fault. And I will die on this hill. I love Him. And because of His son, Jesus, I have a second chance at true life. We've truly ruined this one with our own hands.

[godslove]

“But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, ⁴⁵that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”

—Matthew 5:44-45

[aniah-who]

Guide them,

Direct them,

Comfort them,

And protect them,

Lord.

[jointinharmony]

Matthew 6:24 (TLV) – You Cannot Serve Two Masters

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick by one and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

🔹 Meaning: You are either devoted to God or drawn into the ways of the world, which ultimately lead to darkness. There is no neutral ground—if you are not actively walking with Christ, you are vulnerable to the influence of the enemy.

[allegraforchrist]

Pray for our Brothers and Sisters in Nigeria! Pray for the Christians of Africa!

Their deaths are silenced by the media, not because they simply don't care, but because this is a war of the Kingdom of Light vs the kingdom of darkness!

[amymichael7]

Psalm 64

[azures-grace]

I joked that it'd be funny if Celeste and Benny were siblings.

well shit.

hi this is Benny, Celeste, and their mom Maria they're certainly something.

[lilgreeneyes71]

Persecution

2 Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

Luke 6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

John 15:20 Remember the word that I said 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.15:21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

Matthew 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

1 Peter 3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

2 Corinthians 4:8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

[blissfulcabin7]

Jesus loves you

[bookshelfdreams]

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