November 5th, 2023 - "Pause with the Persecuted"

Scripture Passage:  Romans 5:1-11 –

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Pause with the Persecuted
Solidarity in Suffering

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The problem with preaching on persecution is that we aren't

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What would our persecuted brothers and sisters want us to know?
Romans 5

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The Gospel according to Romans
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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So far so good...
and  so good for so far
 2 ... And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.

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Wait! What?
3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings,

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"It builds character"
  because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.

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Functional Active Hope
5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,

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Seeing ourselves in the story
6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

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Who did Christ die for?
What did that demonstrate?
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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Pray for the Persecuted:
that they may be faithful, first and foremost

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The persecuted pray for us:
that we may be faithful

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A call for bold confidence in Jesus:
faith can endure trials of any kind.