Because of His Name
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Matthew 5:11
You are blessed, rejoice and be glad, your reward is not the immediate, not this life, it's reserved. Persecution is the ultimate abuse, the contrast again (I can't get that love, that light out of my mind) to His love, His light and the persecution that the world imposes or tries to impose is stark. This persecution, we must come to the truth is within our own realm of Christianity. We kill our own with words and actions that do not line up with that pure love.
Yes, we must be accountable, but the Word says that each must work our his own salvation...with fear and trembling. It is not for anyone else to work out our walk with the Lord, to control the walk, or punish because of the way we walk. And indignant law or Pharisaical law kills the 'baby' and the 'weak in spirit'.
Let us all look at what is going on around us all the time. Be aware and turn on our intuit switch. The pain that comes from cutting someone's heart with a "sword" is deadly and only the divine intervention of the Lord and His Holy Spirit can repair the damage. So the request is, stop damaging our brothers and sisters in the name of the Lord. The persecution should not be among brothers and sisters who proclaim the name of the Most High God and Saviour Jesus Christ, whose name IS ABOVE ALL NAMES.
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