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FEBRUARY 11
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 great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the
prophets which were before you—
Matt. 5:11,12. |
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Opposition and
persecution are the inevitable concomitants of activity in the
service of God, and they should be met with reason and candor; and
when these fail of their purpose, then, with solemn warnings of the
dangers of such a course, the wilful opposer should be left to
pursue his own course while we turn to others with the message of
salvation. In the opposition which our Lord incurred and the manner
in which He met it, there are valuable lessons for all who are
similarly
tried. |
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Parallel
passages: Matt. 5:10, 44; 10: 16, 17,21-23,28; 23: 34, 35; 24: 8-10;
Mark 13: 9-13; Luke 6:22, 23; 21:12-19; John 15: 18, 19; 16:1, 2;
Acts 5:29, 40-42; 1. Cor. 4:9-13; 2. Cor. 4:8-12; 6:4, 5, 8-10;
11:23-27; 12:10; Phil. 1:12-14; Heb. 11:25-27, 33-38; 1. Pet.
4:12-19; Rev. 2:3, 10. |
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