The Persecution and Endurance of Christians

We know Christians are being persecuted all over the world. For the most part here in the U.S., Christians have been insulated from persecution but there are many indications that this is about to change.

Watch John MacArthur talk about

The Persecution and Endurance of Christians, Pt 1

Luke 21:12-19

"...Human life will also in a very particular way be defined by a third component...distress, and in particular distress of Christian believers by persecution. Distress of Christian believers by persecution, look at verse 12. And I believe this would have been the hardest thing for them to comprehend. But before all these things, before nations start making war with other nations, before kingdoms start taking on kingdoms and you have wars stretching across the globe, before massive earthquakes, great plagues, great famines, terrors from the sky, all of these kinds of things, before that...in other words, most immediately this is what will happen. “They will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for My namesake.” Persecution of the disciples of Christ. That very group to whom He was speaking, which certainly included the Twelve and perhaps some others who were true followers of Jesus, the first thing that’s going to happen is the opposite of what you would expect. This is so shocking to them..." -John MacArthur