#49: Insults & Persecution

Allen Jackson Ministries

Dillon Matheny

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🗓️ 10 March 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In the last of the Beatitudes, Jesus says that while we can expect to be persecuted, insulted, and lied about, we also can expect a great reward in heaven when we stand firm in the face of adversity for His name’s sake. When we receive Christ as Savior and are birthed into His Kingdom, Satan becomes our lifelong adversary, and none of us is strong enough to face him with our own strength and intellect. We will inevitably be defeated, Pastor Allen Jackson teaches, unless we recognize the victory that is ours in Jesus and His power that has been displayed on our behalf. And there will be times when our beliefs in our Lord will put us in conflict with the kingdom of this world. At that point we have a decision to make: will we capitulate to maintain our acceptance in the present kingdom, or will we hold to our advocacy for Jesus because we believe there is a greater reward in His Kingdom?

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0:00.0	When we receive Christ as Savior in our lives and were birthed into his kingdom,
0:09.3	Satan becomes our implacable adversary.
0:12.4	And the truth is... becomes our implacable adversary.
0:14.2	And the truth is none of us is strong enough
0:16.8	with our physical strength,
0:18.3	with our physical strength, our emotional,
0:20.7	our intellect, with those tools available to us.
0:23.6	None of us are strong enough to face that adversary.
0:28.2	We will inevitably be defeated unless we recognize the victory that is ours in Jesus and his power that has been
0:36.9	displayed on our behalf.
0:40.3	Hey guys this is Alan Jackson Ministries. You can get the outlines for this
0:47.3	episode at Alan Jackson.com slash podcast. If these messages help build you up or encourage you to be a more fully devoted Christ
0:55.8	follower, leave us one of those five-star ratings. Hopefully that will help others find out
1:00.4	about them as well. Now it's on to Pastor Allen. Be blessed.
1:04.0	We've been looking at these eight statements of blessing and we've reached the
1:12.4	last one this morning it's in verse 10 in
1:14.2	Matthew 5, it's in your notes. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of
1:20.0	righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people
1:24.6	insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you
1:29.7	because of me. Rejoice and be glad because great is your reward in heaven.
1:35.0	Can I pause there just a moment?
1:39.0	Logic dictates if you can have a great reward in heaven that you could have a tiny reward in heaven.
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