THE BIBLE PRAYER LINE – Bible Questions Answered
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Bible Questions Answered:
“I'm being persecuted on the job because I'm a christian, so what do I do?...”
Shelly/ Moultrie, Georgia U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Peter tells us...
I Peter 5:10,11 NLT
10 In His kindness God called you to share in His eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, He will restore, support, and strengthen you, and He will place you on a firm foundation.
11 All power to Him forever! Amen.
Timothy
II Timothy 3:12 KJV
Yea, and all that will live Godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Jesus
John 13:15 KJV
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Matthew 16:24 KJV
Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
The Word, Perseccution:
Matthew 5:11 KJV
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake.
Matthew 19:29 KJV
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Romans 8:16,17 NLT
16 For His Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.
17 And since we are His children, we are His heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share His glory, we must also share His suffering.
Philippians 3:10,11 NLT
10 I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised Him from the dead. I want to suffer with Him, sharing in His death,
11 so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!
II Timothy 2:11,12 KJV
11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with Him, we shall also live with Him:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him: if we deny Him, He also will deny us:
Hebrews 11:24-27 KJV
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing Him who is invisible.
James 5:10 KJV
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of The Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
I Peter 2:20,21 NLT
20 "... if you suffer for doing good and endure it patiently, God is pleased with you.
21 For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in His steps.
I Peter 3:14,15 NLT
14 But even if you suffer for doing what is right, God will reward you for it. So don’t worry or be afraid of their threats.
15 Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it.
I Peter 4:14-19 NLT
14 If you are insulted because you bear the name of Christ, you will be blessed, for
The Glorious Spirit Of God rests upon you.
15 If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs.
16 But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by His name!
17 For the time has come for judgment, and it must begin with God’s household. And if judgment begins with us, what terrible fate awaits those who have never obeyed God’s Good News?
18 And also, “If the righteous are barely saved, what will happen to godless sinners?”
19 So if you are suffering in a manner that pleases God, keep on doing what is right, and trust your lives to The God who created you, for He will never fail you.
I Peter 5:10,11 NLT
10 In His kindness God called you to share in His eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, He will restore, support, and strengthen you, and He will place you on a firm foundation.
11 All power to Him forever! Amen.
Revelation 6:9 KJV
And when He had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for The Word Of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Revelation 20:4 KJV
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for The Word Of God, and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Prayer:
Matthew 10:22,39 KJV
22 And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for My sake shall find it.
