June 21 | Revelation 2:10 “Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown…
May 19 | Matthew 5:10-12 “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is God’s kingdom. Blessed are you when they may insult you and persecute and might say all kinds of evil against you, lying on your account. Rejoice and be glad, for great is your…
March 17 | 2 Corinthians 4:7-10 “Now we have this treasure in clay jars so that the extraordinary power, which is from God and not from us – in everything, we are pressed but not crushed, perplexed but not despairing, persecuted but not deserted, struck down but not destroyed, always…
March 5 | Acts 12:7-9 “And behold, an angel of the Lord stood near, and a light shone in the room, and striking Peter’s side, He woke Him, saying, “Arise quickly,” and chains fell off of His hands. And the angel said to Him, “Dress yourself and tie your sandals,”…
February 5 | Acts 5:40-41 “Then after summoning the apostles and beating them, they ordered them not to speak in Jesus’s Name and they released them. Then they went away rejoicing from the Sanhedrin’s presence because they were considered worthy to be disgraced for the Name” (Acts 5:40-41) In America,…
Summary: Do you suffer for Jesus and righteousness in this world? The way you suffer is an example of Jesus to the world. How you handle persecution and trials for Jesus and righteousness testifies to your faith. Introduction In my last post, I concluded teaching on developing Christian character as…
Summary: How do we deal with the hatred and anger in our world? We become peacemakers and allow the Holy Spirit to give us God’s strength to face persecution for Jesus’s name. Introduction In my last post, I taught on the middle three Beatitudes of hungering and thirsting for righteousness,…
Image by John Hain from Pixabay We have all kinds of relationships that we must balance. There are close friends who treat us well. Enemies are a whole different matter. They are not on your side. You could have a scorched-earth policy with your enemies. Or you could try to…
Image by Ben Kerckx from Pixabay If there’s anything you’ve noticed in the last couple of Holiness Matters blog posts, and perhaps in every one of them, we aren’t welcome in this world. It’s not that everyone we know treats us rudely us or is out to get us. It’s…