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BE RICH IN FAITH PERSECUTION IS A BLESSING ! 1#

PERSECUTION BLESSING FOR THE RIGHTEOUS! #1
MATTHEW 5:10-12

IF YOU ARE BEING PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE GET READY FOR A BLESSING!

BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE, FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. BLESSED ARE YOU WHEN THEY REVILE AND PERSECUTE YOU, AND SAY ALL KINDS OF EVIL AGAINST YOU FALSELY FOR MY NAME SAKE, REJOICE AND BE EXCEEDINGLY GLAD, FOR GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN, FOR SO THEY PERSECUTED THE PROPHETS' WHO WERE BEFORE YOU.

JESUS SAID THAT WE ARE BLESSED WHEN WE ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE.
RIGHTEOUS PERSECUTION IS A BLESSING TO US BECAUSE IT TAKES OUR EYES OFF EARTHLY REWARDS. IT STRIPS AWAY SUPERFICIAL BELIEVERS. IT STRENGTHENS THE FAITH OF THOSE WHO ENDURE PERSECUTION AND IT SERVES AS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS WHO MAY FOLLOW US. WE CAN BE COMFORTED TO KNOW THAT GOD'S GREATEST PROPHETS WERE PERSECUTED IN THE PAST (ELIJAH, JEREMIAH, DANIEL), BUT OUR RIGHTEOUS PERSECUTION IN THE PRESENT MEANS WE HAVE SHOWN OURSELVES TO BE FAITHFUL TO GOD, AND IN THE FUTURE (TIME TO COME) GOD WILL REWARD THE FAITHFUL BY LETTING US ENTER HIS ETERNAL KINGDOM WHERE THERE IS NO MORE PERSECUTION. FOR NOW THERE WILL BE PERSECUTION ON THIS EARTH, BUT WE THE FAITHFUL CAN WALK IN THE BLESSING OF PERSECUTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE LORD RIGHT HERE ON EARTH.

JESUS TELLS US THAT WE CAN LIVE DIFFERENTLY THAN THE WORLD HAS BEEN TELLING US; THAT WE MUST LIVE BY FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS EVEN WHEN WE ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE, WE MUST STILL LIVE BY FAITH BECAUSE PERSECUTION IS A BLESSING AND WHO DON'T WANT TO BE BLESSED? CAN YOU STAND TO BE PERSECUTED TO WALK IN THE LORD'S BLESSING? OUR BENEFITS AND REWARDS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE WORLD; ALL WE GOT TO DO IS ASK OUR FATHER IN JESUS NAME! WE HAVE NOT BECAUSE WE ASK NOT-ASK (IN FAITH) AND IT I WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU. THE WORLD SEEKS RICHES, BUT IT EASILY FADES. WE CAN SEEK GOD'S BLESSINGS AND RICHES (BY FAITH) WHICH WILL NEVER FADE AWAY (BLESS THE LAMB OF GOD) NEVER MEANS NEVER; GOD'S BLESSING WILL NEVER FADE AWAY (OUR GOD HE IS A GOOD GOD)! WHEN WE ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE OUR ATTITUDE SHOULD NOT BE A CARBON COPY OF THE WORLD SELFISHNESS; OR PRIDE; OR LUST; FOR POWER BECAUSE THE WORLD IS NOT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD, BUT WE ARE THE BELIEVERS AND OUR ATTITUDE SHOULD REFLECT THE GLORY OF GOD; THE FATHER GOD; THE SON; AND GOD HOLY SPIRIT.

1) KNOW THAT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS YOURS.
2) KNOW THAT THE LORD HAS GIVEN YOU THE SPIRIT OF JOY AND GLADNESS EXCEEDINGLY.
3) KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A GREAT (TREMENDOUS) REWARD IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH.

THIS IS ONE OF THE LORD'S BLESSINGS; THE BLESSING OF THE LORD WILL MAKE ONE RICH AND ADD NO SORROW WITH IT.
NO SORROW COMES WITH THE RIGHTEOUS PERSECUTION BLESSING.

BE RICH IN FAITH!

PROPHET DANIEL POWELL SR.