04/02/2023 – Sunday Sermon – Tim Walker – Seminary student Tim Walker reveals how all true believers will be persecuted, but told to continue in the true path.

5/29/2022 – Bible Study – Joel Teague -According to the Apostle Paul, Christians are living in dangerous and violent times. In this lesson, we consider various things believers must remember and do if they desire to handle persecution with faithfulness and a clear conscience.        

5/29/2022 – Bible Study – Joel Teague – According to the Apostle Paul, Christians are living in dangerous and violent times. In this lesson, we consider various things believers must remember and do if they desire to handle persecution with faithfulness and a clear conscience.

True followers of Jesus are characterized by a willingness to be personally wronged without retaliating. Believers do this because they trust that no injustice, attack, or insult will ultimately go unpunished by God, but it is not our role to bring that about in our timing or our way.

The Beatitudes teach us that we can be poor in spirit, meek, and peacemakers, and yet the world will still oppose Christians because they oppose Christ. Ultimately, the only way to avoid persecution is to conform to the world and adopt its message. Rather than responding to this with discouragement and depression, Jesus says that the persecuted Christian is blessed to share the name and nature of Christ.