Do you ever wonder why Jesus and his followers were so hated, so persecuted, so reviled?

It's time for The Line of Fire with your host, activist, author, international speaker, and

theologian, Dr. Michael Brown, your voice of moral, cultural, and spiritual revolution.

Michael Brown is the director of the Coalition of Conscience and

President of Fire School of Ministry. Get into the line of fire now by calling 86634 Truth.

That's 86634 Truth. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown.

Hey friends, welcome to the line of fire. You know, for many years now, the theme of Jesus' revolution has burned in me.

Jesus changing us and calling us to have a revolutionary effect on the world around us.

The gospel being a revolutionary message, Jesus being the leader of God's revolution.

Not a revolution of hatred or anger,

of violence or intimidation, but a revolution of love overcoming hate, of goodness, overcoming evil,

of truth, overcoming lies. And I want to open up the scriptures to you today. This is going to be truly eye-opening as we open up the scriptures and understand

why Jesus, Yeshua was so hated, why his followers were so hated and reviled, and why we are hated and reviled to this day.

This is Michael Brown. Welcome to the line of fire. I won't be taking calls today. One of these days we're going to dig

deep into a subject, so I won't be taking calls. I won't be commenting on the latest breaking news

either. But let's start in Matthew the fifth chapter. We know, most of us know the beatitudes.

You've heard the words of Jesus, blessed are the poor and spirit for

theirs as the kingdom of heaven or blessed are the pure and heart, for they will see God, or blessed

are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. And blessed means truly happy. But what does Jesus say

in Matthew chapter 5, starting in verse 10?

Again, this is an opening major sermon, sermon on the Mount.

What does he say, verse 10?

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