Have you ever noticed that good things don't last in this life, or that good people, especially Christians suffer the most??
This question I know, have troubled the heart of many including myself
We will look at 15 reasons why Christians are the most persecuted people in the world today.
Persecution generally means , Hostility or ill-treatment especially because of race, political or religious belief.
Similar words to persecution includes: Oppression, Victimization, Discrimination, Maltreatment, Punishment, Torture, Torment, Witch Hunt, Harassment, Molestation, Bullying, even Killing.
Both bible and circular history have proven that since the days of John the Baptist till now, believers of Jesus Christ have suffered everything related to persecution unlike any other Faith in the world.
The reasons for the persecution are:
1. (John 14:6) I am THE WAY, THE TRUTH & THE LIFE...., this scripture alone condemns every other faith on earth besides Christianity, and is only Christianity that monopolises the right to salvation, that is why there is serious conspiracy against Christians by other religions and the one world religion order led by the Catholic Faith will not include Christians.
2. As a Christian our oath of allegiance is the heaven not to this world. Thy are not of the world even as I am not of the world (John 17:16) we are strangers, pilgrims, aliens and foreigner on earth, people face discrimination on foreign soil for so many reasons.
3. The call to Christianity is a call to battle, every Christian is a soldier, the earlier we understand this the better for our Faith, our beloved brother Paul the Apostle likened Christianity to a Fight of Faith (2Timothy 4:7) and Christians to soldiers (2Timothy 2:4), so we are in a battlefield and in the warfront the target of the enemy is to kill and destroy.
4. Our Faith as Christians is tried, trained and refined by Suffering, trials and persecutions (Hebrews 5:8) (James 1:2-4)
5. Every believer is likened to a light, and light anywhere is a threat to darkness everywhere, so there is grave hatred and emnity between the sons of light and the children of this world.
6. And you shall be hated of all men for my name sake, but he that endureth to the end shall be saved (Mathew 10:22, Mark 13:13, Luke 21:17), is a prophecy and the Lord watches over his word to bring it to pass, so for scriptures to be fulfilled people will hate us for no reason.
7. Because Satan has special and personal hatred for Christianity, not just because we are sworn enemies but also because is the only true Faith.
8. Persecution attracts blessing for Christians, (Mathew 5:11-12) Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my name sake, Rejoice and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. This is what every smart Christian must understand about persecution for righteousness sake, not punishment for evil committed.
9...And that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God (Acts 14:22), ( John 16:33) These things I have spoken unto you that ye might have peace. in the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheers, I have overcome the world, all these are part of the requirements of our journey.
10. It is very important that we understand that there are two lineage of people on earth today, starting from the garden of Eden, the descendants of Cain, with the mark of Cain, who was of the wicked one (Serpent Seed) (1John 3:12) and the Lineage of Seth to Adam, Adam the son of God, the same Lineage that begat our Saviour Jesus Christ, as their father Cain persecuted Abel from the beginning so his descendants persecute the sons of God,
As our precious brother and the star messenger to the Laodecian age, Prophet William Marion Branham said "Elect cannot persecute elect", so by their fruits you shall know them, watch out for the oppressors they the children of Cain.
11. Satan is the god and Prince of this world, (2 For 4:4) & (John 14:30)
12. Speak against and Challenge evil, John the Baptist the first saint was Martyred, simply because he stood against evil.
This is where the church has failed today that darkness has taken over the world, nobody rebukes evil because of fear of loosing friends, becoming unpopular, love for the world and things of the world,
Every leader that has ever advocated for Natural Justice, Equity and Good Conscience were all persecution both in the church and circular society, from Our Lord to all the disciples to the likes of Martin Luther King Jnr, Thomas Sankara, Ernesto Che Guevara, Patrice Lumumba and every other human who fought for the common good of others were either killed or made to pay darely for standing up for good.
13. The greatest battle in the world is neither the first or second world war, Gulf or war against terrorism, the greatest war in the world today, is the war between light and darkness,
Between the sons of God and the children of this world,
Between the church and the gates of hell,
The battle between Christ (The light, The Truth, The word and Eternal life) and Antichrist ( Darkness, and Hell), that is the battle, every true believer is in the center of this battle.
14. There are people in life today that have natural hatred for the truth, (2Thessalonians 2:10-12) :10 And with all decievableness of unrighteousness in them they perish, because they receive not the love for the truth that they might be saved.
Sometimes the truth is like fire and most times bitter, but humans have two responses to truth regarding faith,
When Truth is presented to us, we either accept it and repent or reject it and rebel,
So true repentance makes us ambassadors of the cross while rebellion makes us enemies of the cross who will unleash persecution on us, so when we present truth to haters of truth it attracts persecution.
15. Righteousness Convicts Unrighteousness, and Godliness Condemns Ungodliness, so when people say "you want to tell us that you are the only holy person" your life is judging them and that attracts persecution.
The above and several others are reasons why Christian suffer for no faults of theirs,
But our Lord and saviour has encouraged us to be of Good cheers for he has overcome the world.
If you are not persecuted as a believer, then you are either compromising or your Faith is questionable.
(Luke 6:26) Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets, this is the estate of "MEN OF GOD" today, that has caused darkness to cover the land and Gross darkness the people, Christians are not shining the light.
I keep saying that we have only very few real Men of God in Nigeria, very very few, and the are unpopular.
All these names that we hear every where, I say unapologetically with every sense of responsibility, that they are all businessmen, building their own personal empires and family wealth.
That is why I will write a message to prove to us that Christian are responsible for all the evil in the world today.
But this latter rain will produce a church like that of Acts of the Apostles before we go home.
This I write that we may be comforted in him and also to let us know that he is aware of all we are going through.
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