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Responding
To Our Enemies
“Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all
kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake” (Matt. 5:11).
How do we handle a person who reviles us,
persecutes us, and says things about us which are not true? The
natural response is to retaliate and get even. But how are we to
respond to our enemies and be pleasing unto God? Let us go to His
Word for the answers.
1. REJOICE if we are being mistreated because we are faithfully
serving the Lord. If we are suffering because of our evil deeds,
then we should be ashamed. However, the Apostle Peter tells us—
“Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed,
but let him glorify God in this matter”
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What is your idea of a "Church"?
Sometimes our understanding of certain things is colored by what
we've been taught in the past or by a perception which has been
shaped by culture. When people think of "church," they
may be thinking of a building or a denomination or even an
association or club of some kind. But none of these are what the
Bible means by the term "church."
A Bible Definition
The term "church" itself does not neccessairly have a
religious connotation. It is used in Acts 19, for example, to
describe; an assembly in a city - a "town meeting." But
Jesus Christ invested the term with rich spiritual meaning when He
said, "I will build My church and the gates of Hades will not
overpower it" (Matthew 16:18).
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