PrayerBits
A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church
Wednesday
Matthew 10:16-22 “The one who is faithful to the end...”
Scripture lesson:
It would be easier to be faithful if we were persecuted as foretold in this passage. Then the issues would be stark and clear and not so muddled, confusing and uncertain as we have in our lives.
Time to reflect: Pray to God asking help in figuring out the right thing to do to be faithful when the issues are so vague.
Matthew 10:16-22
Coming Persecutions
16 ‘See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 17Beware of them, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues; 18and you will be dragged before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles. 19When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you at that time; 20for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; 22and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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