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  • Ed Wood avatar

    Smyrna: Persecuted Church Series

    Contributed by Ed Wood on May 31, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 8,118 views

    Seven Letters to Seven Churches (2nd in series).

    SMYRNA: PERSECUTED CHURCH Revelation 2:8-11 INTRO: The church at Smyrna was a church under pressure, a suffering church, a church under tremendous persecution. The word Smyrna is translated elsewhere at MYRRH. The kings gave to the infant Jesus gold, frankincense and myrrh. Myrrh was a gum ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Olson avatar

    How To Deal With Persecution Series

    Contributed by Mark Olson on Jul 18, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 11,133 views

    Just as paul and the early church faced persecution, so do we today. How shall we deal with it?

    How to Deal with Persecution Acts 18:1-17 Pastor Mark Olson 7/22/07 Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 2 Timothy 3:12 Promise: You will face rejection and suffering because of your Christian faith. What is Persecution? Hebrews 10:32-34 Persecution can ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Kranthi Kumar Medida avatar

    Privilege Of Being Persecuted Series

    Contributed by Kranthi Kumar Medida on Dec 26, 2006
     | 4,178 views

    The meaning of “for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven” in Matthew 5:3 is that they will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. But the meaning of the same words in Matthew 5:10 is that they will rule in the Kingdom of Heaven along with Lord Jesus.

    Scripture portion: Matthew 5:10-12 “BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE: FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. BLESSED ARE YE WHEN MEN SHALL REVILE YOU, AND PERSECUTE YOU, AND SHALL SAY ALL MANNER OF EVIL AGAINST YOU FALSELY, FOR MY SAKE. REJOICE AND BE EXCEEDING GLAD: FOR ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Carl Allen avatar

    Smyrna: The Persecuted Church Series

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Oct 23, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,828 views

    The letter to the church of Smyrna gives us hope when persecution and suffering come our way.

    Smyrna: Persecuted Church Revelation 2:8-11 Intro As we continue our look at the seven churches in the book of Revelation tonight, I want us to take a look at the church of Smyrna. The church at Smyrna was a church under pressure, a suffering church, a church under tremendous persecution. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian La Croix avatar

    Remembering The Persecuted Church

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 17, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,057 views

    Message about how we can remember and become involved with those suffering for the faith.

    Remembering the Persecuted Church Hebrews 13:3; 1 Corinthians 12:26 International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church November 9, 2008 Me: This is one of those real somber topics that we’d really rather not think of, at least if we’re honest about it. Talking about persecution doesn’t evoke ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Russell Rhodes avatar

    The Spreading Of The Gospel By Persecution Series

    Contributed by Russell Rhodes on Sep 1, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,356 views

    This is the tenth study in the book of Acts. This study deal with the spreading of the Gospel

    The Spreading of the Gospel by persecution Acts 8 Acts #10 In this chapter we see the start of the wide spread persecution of the church. Another thing we see is the fulfillment of the command of Jesus to spread the Gospel to the entire world. Sometimes I wonder if God sent this persecution to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin L. Jones avatar

    Perseverance In The Midst Of Persecution Series

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Sep 17, 2016
    based on 8 ratings
     | 20,853 views

    A sermon examining how to keep on when trouble comes your way.

    Perseverance In The Midst Of Persecution Acts 4:1-22 Kayla Mueller was a young woman who traveled to Turkey in 2012 to assist Syrian refugees. After some time she entered Syria with her boyfriend and was captured by ISIS. She was forced into marriage to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Following ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Curtis E. Nester avatar

    The First Persecution Of The Church Series

    Contributed by Curtis E. Nester on May 30, 2016
     | 4,747 views

    The church persecuted by the world, but is triumphant

    SERIES: Adventures in Acts 004 TITLE: The First Persecution of the Church TEXT: Acts 4:1-12 INTRO: After the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples at the Feast of Pentecost, Peter preached his first sermon and 3,000 people were saved. Following that, he and John healed a man who had been lame from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Richard Tow avatar

    How To Thrive In Persecution

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Feb 29, 2016
     | 8,532 views

    Dr. Tow shares six keys to thriving in persecution. Persecution is discussed in context of personal struggle as well as through the lens of our cultural climate.

    How To Thrive In Persecution 07-05-15 (www.LifeChurchSpringfield.org) In Matt 5:10-15 Jesus said, ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • David McNally avatar

    Are You Ready For Persecution?

    Contributed by David Mcnally on Aug 12, 2012
     | 5,405 views

    Christians were persecuted by the Jews, then by the Romans, and by the Nazis and the Communists, and by fundamentalist Muslims and others today. Why should we in the West or US, Canada, Autsralia or New Zealand be excused from suffering for our faith?

    Gospel reading: Luke 21: 5-19 Sermon: Persecution May the words of my mouth ....... In the Gospels Jesus is recorded as saying some lovely things, that we are loved, that we are forgiven, that we are his friends, but in today's Gospel reading, his words are far from lovely. "They will lay hands ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Persecution: The Opening Salvoes

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 25, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,849 views

    Religious opposition to the Gospel!

    PERSECUTION: THE OPENING SALVOES. Acts 4:1-31; Acts 5:12-42. Soon after the early success of Pentecost, the fledgling New Testament church found herself facing persecution. This is not surprising, and quite in keeping with the pattern of the earlier ministry of Jesus. For example, Herod the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Darryl Ward avatar

    The Real Face Of The Persecuted

    Contributed by Darryl Ward on May 22, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,168 views

    What does it really mean to be persecuted for following Jesus today?

    Two and a half years ago, Florida charity worker Arnold Abbott made world headlines when he was arrested. His crime? Feeding the homeless. Arnold, who was ninety at the time, had been helping prepare hundreds of meals every week since 1990. In 1991, he founded the Maureen A. Abbott Love Thy ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    The Christian Response To Persecution Series

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jan 4, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,061 views

    If and when we are persecuted, how shall we resond?

    The Christian Response to Persecution Acts 4:23-31 In America, where I live, we formally have freedom to worship and express our religious views. I use the word “formally” because there is increasing erosion to these freedoms. We have not suffered the severe persecution our Christian brothers ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Persevering Through Persecution Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Jan 29, 2020
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,965 views

    It's always better to obey God.

    Persevering Through Persecution Acts 5:17-32 Rev. Brian Bill January 25-26, 2020 Look around you and find eight people. Go ahead and count until you locate eight individuals. By the time you go to sleep tonight, eight people around the world will have died for their devotion to follow Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Ronald Shultz avatar

    Persecution Can Be Good

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jan 30, 2021
     | 1,782 views

    We grow soft and cold without it. Sometimes it takes the fire of persecution for us to seek the fire of God.

    1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 19 Wherefore let them that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist