Another Verity: Persecution

Another of God's verities is that "all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." 2 Tim. 3:12. The Scriptures promise no immunity from persecution as long as the Church is on the earth. This is what we must expect. Those who may not be called upon to face the firing squad or the concentration camp, will nevertheless be confronted with the world's hatred. The weapon of ridicule—the sneer, the snide remark—claims its conquests for the power of evil as well as physical attacks.
In a day like ours, persecution may make the mind its target rather than the body. How imperative then for us to clothe ourselves in the whole armor of God.
How blessed it is that we can plant our feet upon the Rock in the midst of a sinking, drifting world, and grasp wholeheartedly the absolutes of the Word of God. And who can estimate the results if we would throw ourselves down before Him with an open Bible, and cry, "Here am I." "Be it unto me according to Thy word.”