100:00:01,000 –> 00:00:06,000This is what a godly life looks like.200:00:06,000 –> 00:00:09,000This is the path of progress of sanctification.300:00:09,000 –> 00:00:12,000If you like, these are the things that I am to cultivate.400:00:12,000 –> 00:00:14,000These are the things that Jesus Christ says.500:00:14,000 –> 00:00:20,000I’m going to go after what will be the outcome of pursuing such a life.600:00:20,000 –> 00:00:23,000If I go down this path, where does it lead?700:00:23,000 –> 00:00:26,000Welcome to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith?800:00:26,000 –> 00:00:29,000I decided to join us today.900:00:29,000 –> 00:00:34,000Colin, that path we’re talking about here is what today’s message is all about.1000:00:34,000 –> 00:00:37,000It’s from Matthew 5, The Beatitude,1100:00:37,000 –> 00:00:41,000where Jesus talks about humility, forgiveness, being a peacemaker,1200:00:41,000 –> 00:00:43,000and pursuing purity.1300:00:43,000 –> 00:00:46,000Where does this path lead?1400:00:46,000 –> 00:00:49,000And this is the absolutely astonishing thing about the end of the beatitudes1500:00:49,000 –> 00:00:52,000that the end of it is persecution.1600:00:52,000 –> 00:00:53,000That’s a surprise.1700:00:53,000 –> 00:00:55,000It’s not what you expect, you know.1800:00:55,000 –> 00:00:58,000If I’m a peacemaker and I’m pursuing purity of heart1900:00:58,000 –> 00:01:01,000and I’m forgiving others, then other people are going to love me.2000:01:01,000 –> 00:01:03,000They’re going to say, isn’t that a great fellow?2100:01:03,000 –> 00:01:08,000And what Jesus says is, if you pursue these things, expect to be persecuted.2200:01:08,000 –> 00:01:11,000The world will hate you, not love you for this.2300:01:11,000 –> 00:01:13,000That does seem counterintuitive.2400:01:13,000 –> 00:01:17,000So some people might say if that leads to persecution,2500:01:17,000 –> 00:01:18,000I don’t want to do that.2600:01:18,000 –> 00:01:21,000Because I’m following Jesus.2700:01:21,000 –> 00:01:24,000Jesus did all these things, and look where it led him.2800:01:24,000 –> 00:01:25,000To the cross.2900:01:25,000 –> 00:01:26,000And then look at where he is now.3000:01:26,000 –> 00:01:29,000He’s at the right hand of the Father in glory, which is where we want to be.3100:01:29,000 –> 00:01:35,000So this really is charting the path of an authentic Christian life.3200:01:35,000 –> 00:01:37,000And Jesus doesn’t hide the cost in the small print.3300:01:37,000 –> 00:01:40,000That’s a good thing for us to be aware of.3400:01:40,000 –> 00:01:44,000So let’s dig into Matthew chapter 5 as we begin a message called3500:01:44,000 –> 00:01:46,000Blessed are those who are persecuted.3600:01:46,000 –> 00:01:47,000Here is Pastor Collyn.3700:01:47,000 –> 00:01:51,000We come to the last of these Beatitudes.3800:01:51,000 –> 00:01:55,000Many of you have spoken about how the Lord has been using3900:01:55,000 –> 00:01:57,000these Scriptures in your life.4000:01:57,000 –> 00:02:03,000I also have been greatly stretched searched by these words of Jesus.4100:02:03,000 –> 00:02:09,000And never more so than in this last beatitude that we come to today.4200:02:09,000 –> 00:02:16,000In these Beatitudes we’ve seen that Jesus Christ gives us a 7-fold description4300:02:16,000 –> 00:02:18,000of the character of a godly person.4400:02:18,000 –> 00:02:20,000What does a true Christian look like?4500:02:20,000 –> 00:02:25,000Well, you have it in the 7-fold description—a person who is poor in spirit.4600:02:25,000 –> 00:02:31,000Recognizing that before God I do not have what it takes and therefore I have to seek that good4700:02:31,000 –> 00:02:36,000not in myself but in another in Jesus Christ my Savior and my Lord.4800:02:36,000 –> 00:02:38,000What does a true Christian look like?4900:02:38,000 –> 00:02:42,000One who mourns over his or her sins.5000:02:42,000 –> 00:02:43,000That’s more than being sorry.5100:02:43,000 –> 00:02:47,000That’s looking at the cost to me and to others and to Christ5200:02:47,000 –> 00:02:52,000long enough and straight enough and hard enough until I come to the conclusion5300:02:52,000 –> 00:02:56,000that I must actually change and therefore do so.5400:02:56,000 –> 00:02:59,000What does it mean to be a true Christian?5500:02:59,000 –> 00:03:07,000It is to meekly submit to the Will of God, however difficult that may at times become.5600:03:07,000 –> 00:03:13,000And we saw that these three, the first three Beatitudes are indeed the roots of a godly life.5700:03:13,000 –> 00:03:15,000There is no true Christianity without them.5800:03:15,000 –> 00:03:20,000But where these roots are established in the soil of a human life,5900:03:20,000 –> 00:03:23,000out of them comes a life.6000:03:23,000 –> 00:03:24,000And what is that life?6100:03:24,000 –> 00:03:26,000It is described by Jesus this way.6200:03:26,000 –> 00:03:28,000Hungering and thirsting after righteousness.6300:03:28,000 –> 00:03:32,000That’s the soul of a godly life.6400:03:32,000 –> 00:03:37,000A deep longing that is the distinctive, distinguishing, unfakeable mark of a Christian believer6500:03:37,000 –> 00:03:44,000that in all circumstances I want to do what is right in order to honor my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.6600:03:44,000 –> 00:03:48,000And we saw that out of that life that grows from the roots,6700:03:48,000 –> 00:03:53,000there is a threefold and very, very wonderful fruit, beautiful fruit.6800:03:53,000 –> 00:03:56,000Out of this life will come a tenderness of heart,6900:03:56,000 –> 00:04:02,000compassion, mercy, patience, forgiveness.7000:04:02,000 –> 00:04:05,000Out of this life will come not only tenderness of heart,7100:04:05,000 –> 00:04:08,000but a purity of heart.7200:04:08,000 –> 00:04:10,000To will one thing.7300:04:10,000 –> 00:04:13,000Not only this spiritual stagnation that always comes with7400:04:13,000 –> 00:04:17,000double mindedness that half holds the world and half holds to Jesus Christ.7500:04:17,000 –> 00:04:21,000No, to will one thing, that’s what purity of heart is.7600:04:21,000 –> 00:04:26,000And it comes out of this life that is rooted in the first three beatitudes7700:04:26,000 –> 00:04:30,000and then we saw last time out of this life will come a peaceable spirit.7800:04:30,000 –> 00:04:32,000Beautiful fruit.7900:04:32,000 –> 00:04:36,000Mercy, purity, peace,8000:04:36,000 –> 00:04:39,000peace in your own heart so that you are able to bring with you8100:04:39,000 –> 00:04:42,000even to others, as a peacemaker,8200:04:42,000 –> 00:04:45,000something of what God is working and growing in you.8300:04:45,000 –> 00:04:50,000Now here then is the seven fold description of a true Christian.8400:04:50,000 –> 00:04:53,000This is what a godly life looks like,8500:04:53,000 –> 00:04:57,000this is the path of progress, of sanctification.8600:04:57,000 –> 00:05:00,000If you like, these are the things that I am to cultivate.8700:05:00,000 –> 00:05:03,000These are the things that Jesus Christ says I am to go after.8800:05:04,000 –> 00:05:06,000Now that leads to an obvious question.8900:05:06,000 –> 00:05:08,000If I go after these things,9000:05:08,000 –> 00:05:11,000in our hearts I think there has been stirred a sense9100:05:11,000 –> 00:05:14,000that we must pursue these things with all that we have,9200:05:14,000 –> 00:05:17,000what will be the outcome of pursuing such a life?9300:05:18,000 –> 00:05:20,000If I go down this path where does it lead?9400:05:22,000 –> 00:05:26,000And our Lord Jesus gives two very clear answers to that question.9500:05:27,000 –> 00:05:30,000One is He says you will be blessed by God,9600:05:30,000 –> 00:05:32,000blessed, blessed, blessed.9700:05:32,000 –> 00:05:34,000That runs all the way through the Beatitudes.9800:05:35,000 –> 00:05:41,000And the other is He says you will be persecuted by the world.9900:05:42,000 –> 00:05:43,000Look at what He says, verse 10.10000:05:43,000 –> 00:05:48,000Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake,10100:05:48,000 –> 00:05:50,000for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.10200:05:51,000 –> 00:05:52,000He continues, He stays with it,10300:05:52,000 –> 00:05:57,000blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you,10400:05:57,000 –> 00:05:58,000notice that word again,10500:05:58,000 –> 00:06:02,000and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.10600:06:02,000 –> 00:06:06,000Rejoice and be glad for your reward is great in heaven,10700:06:06,000 –> 00:06:12,000for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.10800:06:13,000 –> 00:06:15,000So three times in three verses10900:06:15,000 –> 00:06:17,000at the climax of the Beatitudes,11000:06:17,000 –> 00:06:19,000our Lord Jesus uses this word persecuted,11100:06:20,000 –> 00:06:21,000the word of course means harassed,11200:06:21,000 –> 00:06:27,000or opposed, or ill-treated and our Lord Jesus11300:06:27,000 –> 00:06:30,000says to us, this is what will happen to you.11400:06:30,000 –> 00:06:34,000It will happen to you, and you should expect it.11500:06:36,000 –> 00:06:39,000The world will not thank you for being a Christian,11600:06:39,000 –> 00:06:41,000the world will not love the church, don’t expect that,11700:06:41,000 –> 00:06:45,000the world will tolerate the church with suspicion at best,11800:06:45,000 –> 00:06:49,000and will be openly hostile towards the church at worst,11900:06:49,000 –> 00:06:53,000and Jesus explains this in another place in John chapter three in verse twenty12000:06:54,000 –> 00:06:58,000He says everyone who does wicked hates the light.12100:06:58,000 –> 00:07:01,000If you want to do wicked things, what you have to do is12200:07:01,000 –> 00:07:05,000you have to suppress the light that is in your own conscience12300:07:05,000 –> 00:07:07,000that God has given you by nature.12400:07:08,000 –> 00:07:12,000When wicked people manage to suppress the light that is in their own conscience,12500:07:12,000 –> 00:07:17,000they do not like seeing that light which they have just suppressed in themselves12600:07:17,000 –> 00:07:20,000shining into them, because they see it in you,12700:07:20,000 –> 00:07:24,000and you’re working next to that person, or you’re living close to that person.12800:07:24,000 –> 00:07:26,000or that person is in your family12900:07:26,000 –> 00:07:30,000So you see, if you pursue this life that Jesus is describing,13000:07:30,000 –> 00:07:33,000the light of Jesus Christ is going to be in you,13100:07:33,000 –> 00:07:36,000it is going to shine from you, it’s going to be seen through you,13200:07:36,000 –> 00:07:41,000and those who pursue wickedness will not like it,13300:07:41,000 –> 00:07:45,000they will hate you for it, they hate the light,13400:07:45,000 –> 00:07:47,000and so they’ll hate you as they hated Jesus.13500:07:47,000 –> 00:07:54,000So, don’t expect to be thanked for living a godly life in business,13600:07:55,000 –> 00:07:57,000in industry,13700:07:58,000 –> 00:08:00,000in school, in education.13800:08:02,000 –> 00:08:05,000Sinners will be suspicious of you at best,13900:08:05,000 –> 00:08:09,000and they will be openly hostile towards you at worst.14000:08:09,000 –> 00:08:10,000That is what Jesus says.14100:08:10,000 –> 00:08:13,000Now today, the pattern of persecution.14200:08:13,000 –> 00:08:16,000I want you simply to see this from the Scriptures,14300:08:17,000 –> 00:08:23,000that opposition is a normal experience of the Christian and I should expect it.14400:08:23,000 –> 00:08:24,000So it runs all the way through the Bible.14500:08:24,000 –> 00:08:26,500What was the first example of persecution?14600:08:26,500 –> 00:08:29,000It happened in the first family.14700:08:30,000 –> 00:08:31,000Remember Adam and Eve?14800:08:31,000 –> 00:08:32,000They have this little boy.14900:08:32,000 –> 00:08:33,000Oh, Cain!15000:08:33,000 –> 00:08:34,000What a lovely fellow.15100:08:34,000 –> 00:08:37,000What a ray of sunshine he’s gonna be to us, you know.15200:08:37,000 –> 00:08:40,000Lovely little innocent fellow.15300:08:40,000 –> 00:08:42,000They must have thought…15400:08:42,000 –> 00:08:44,000And then he has a brother called Abel.15500:08:44,000 –> 00:08:45,500And what happens?15600:08:45,500 –> 00:08:47,000Cain murders Abel.15700:08:47,000 –> 00:08:50,000And why did Cain murder Abel?15800:08:50,000 –> 00:08:51,000Well, the Bible tells us quite clearly15900:08:51,000 –> 00:08:53,000because Cain’s deeds were evil16000:08:53,000 –> 00:08:56,000and his brothers were righteous.16100:08:57,000 –> 00:09:00,000So, right there, the second person born into the world16200:09:00,000 –> 00:09:01,000was the first martyr.16300:09:01,000 –> 00:09:06,000He was persecuted for righteousness sake.16400:09:07,000 –> 00:09:10,000And the pattern of opposition, harassment, and suffering16500:09:10,000 –> 00:09:13,000runs right throughout the history of the Bible16600:09:13,000 –> 00:09:14,000and, of course, beyond.16700:09:14,000 –> 00:09:15,000Think about it.16800:09:15,000 –> 00:09:18,000Joseph was persecuted by his brothers in Egypt.16900:09:18,000 –> 00:09:19,500He gets put into prison.17000:09:19,500 –> 00:09:21,500Why? For righteousness sake.17100:09:21,500 –> 00:09:25,500Moses is reviled— to use Jesus’ words here17200:09:25,500 –> 00:09:27,500—insulted again and again and again.17300:09:27,500 –> 00:09:29,500Samuel is rejected.17400:09:29,500 –> 00:09:32,500Elijah is despised and persecuted.17500:09:32,500 –> 00:09:35,500Nehemiah is oppressed and he is defamed.17600:09:35,500 –> 00:09:38,500Stephen, in the New Testament, is stoned.17700:09:38,500 –> 00:09:40,500Peter and John are cast into prison.17800:09:40,500 –> 00:09:42,500James is beheaded.17900:09:42,500 –> 00:09:46,500The life of the Apostle Paul is one long saga18000:09:46,500 –> 00:09:52,500of one persecution and event of suffering after another.18100:09:52,500 –> 00:09:54,500Think not only of the people of the Bible,18200:09:54,500 –> 00:09:56,500think about the churches in the New Testament.18300:09:56,500 –> 00:10:00,500Philippi, Philippians 1 in verse 29.18400:10:00,500 –> 00:10:02,500Paul says to the church there,18500:10:02,500 –> 00:10:05,500it has been granted to you for the sake of Christ18600:10:05,500 –> 00:10:08,500that you should not only believe in Him but also suffer.18700:10:08,500 –> 00:10:11,500It’s been given to you to suffer.18800:10:11,500 –> 00:10:13,500This new church in Philippi18900:10:13,500 –> 00:10:16,500of course Paul was in prison when he wrote these words himself19000:10:16,500 –> 00:10:17,500in Thessalonica.19100:10:17,500 –> 00:10:21,500We ourselves boast about you in the churches19200:10:21,500 –> 00:10:24,500for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecution19300:10:24,500 –> 00:10:27,500that church was birthed in persecution19400:10:27,500 –> 00:10:30,000in the town of Thessalonica.19500:10:30,000 –> 00:10:32,500Peter writes to dispersed believers19600:10:32,500 –> 00:10:34,500over a wide area in Pontus, Galatia,19700:10:34,500 –> 00:10:37,500Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia19800:10:37,500 –> 00:10:39,500and he says to them do not be surprised19900:10:39,500 –> 00:10:41,500at the fiery trial20000:10:41,500 –> 00:10:43,500when it comes on you20100:10:43,500 –> 00:10:45,500to test you as though something strange20200:10:45,500 –> 00:10:46,500were happening to you.20300:10:46,500 –> 00:10:47,900He says now it’s going to happen20400:10:47,900 –> 00:10:49,500it’s going to be all over the place20500:10:49,500 –> 00:10:51,500whenever you’ve been dispersed20600:10:51,500 –> 00:10:53,500there’s going to be this persecution20700:10:53,500 –> 00:10:55,500and don’t be surprised when it comes20800:10:55,500 –> 00:10:57,500this fiery trial.20900:10:57,500 –> 00:10:58,500It is not a strange thing21000:10:58,500 –> 00:11:00,500you should not say why is this happening to me21100:11:00,500 –> 00:11:02,500you should not say that21200:11:02,500 –> 00:11:04,500because it is happening21300:11:04,500 –> 00:11:06,500to your brothers and your sisters21400:11:06,500 –> 00:11:08,500around the world21500:11:08,500 –> 00:11:09,500Paul says to Timothy21600:11:09,500 –> 00:11:10,500putting it most succinctly21700:11:10,500 –> 00:11:12,5001 Timothy chapter 3 and verse 1221800:11:12,500 –> 00:11:14,500All who desire21900:11:14,500 –> 00:11:16,500to live a godly life in Christ Jesus22000:11:16,500 –> 00:11:18,500will be persecuted. Period!22100:11:20,500 –> 00:11:22,500A godly life in Christ Jesus22200:11:22,500 –> 00:11:23,500what’s that?22300:11:23,500 –> 00:11:25,500The Beatitudes.22400:11:25,500 –> 00:11:27,500You pursue the path of the Beatitudes22500:11:27,500 –> 00:11:29,500and Jesus is saying it right here22600:11:29,500 –> 00:11:31,460here’s what to expect22700:11:31,460 –> 00:11:33,500blessed by God and at the same time22800:11:33,500 –> 00:11:38,500persecuted by the world22900:11:38,500 –> 00:11:39,919and this is what we could call23000:11:39,919 –> 00:11:43,500the normal Christian life23100:11:43,500 –> 00:11:45,500Why? Because the sinful nature23200:11:45,500 –> 00:11:47,500is hostile to God and if it were23300:11:47,500 –> 00:11:48,500not already clear to us23400:11:48,500 –> 00:11:49,500what are we doing at the climax23500:11:49,500 –> 00:11:50,500of this service?23600:11:50,500 –> 00:11:52,500We’re coming to the communion service23700:11:52,500 –> 00:11:54,500And what does that point us to?23800:11:54,500 –> 00:11:55,500It points us to this23900:11:55,500 –> 00:11:59,500that the one who was the Beatitudes incarnate24000:12:00,500 –> 00:12:02,500the one who was this life24100:12:02,500 –> 00:12:04,500to the full24200:12:04,500 –> 00:12:06,500the one who knew the blessing24300:12:06,500 –> 00:12:08,500as God, as no one else24400:12:10,500 –> 00:12:12,500look what the world did24500:12:12,500 –> 00:12:14,500to him24600:12:14,500 –> 00:12:16,500And he says to us24700:12:16,500 –> 00:12:18,500John Chapter fifteen and verse twenty24800:12:18,500 –> 00:12:20,500A servant is not greater than his master24900:12:20,500 –> 00:12:22,500if they persecuted me25000:12:22,500 –> 00:12:24,500and they did25100:12:24,500 –> 00:12:30,500they will also persecute you25200:12:31,500 –> 00:12:33,500And so the eighth beatitude folks25300:12:33,500 –> 00:12:34,500very simply25400:12:34,500 –> 00:12:36,500leads us to25500:12:37,500 –> 00:12:39,500an expectation25600:12:40,500 –> 00:12:42,500of the normal Christian life25700:12:42,500 –> 00:12:44,500which for all of us who have been blessed25800:12:44,500 –> 00:12:45,500in so many ways25900:12:45,500 –> 00:12:46,500in this wonderful country26000:12:46,500 –> 00:12:48,500means a26100:12:48,500 –> 00:12:50,500shifting26200:12:50,500 –> 00:12:53,500of the default mindset26300:12:54,500 –> 00:12:55,500about our expectations26400:12:55,500 –> 00:12:57,500of what a Christian life26500:12:58,500 –> 00:12:59,500should actually look like26600:13:01,500 –> 00:13:02,500A really powerful message today26700:13:02,500 –> 00:13:03,500from Pastor Colin Smith26800:13:03,500 –> 00:13:04,500looking at persecution26900:13:04,500 –> 00:13:05,500and we’ve been looking at the27000:13:06,500 –> 00:13:07,500pattern of persecution27100:13:07,500 –> 00:13:09,500and when we come back in a moment27200:13:09,500 –> 00:13:11,500we’ll look at the forms of persecution27300:13:11,500 –> 00:13:13,500so do stay with us27400:13:14,500 –> 00:13:14,50027500:13:14,500 –> 00:13:16,500Blessed are those who are persecuted27600:13:17,500 –> 00:13:19,500It was originally from a series called27700:13:19,500 –> 00:13:20,500Momentum27800:13:20,500 –> 00:13:22,500how to make progress in the Christian life27900:13:22,500 –> 00:13:24,500It has been one of the most requested28000:13:24,500 –> 00:13:25,500and downloaded programmes28100:13:25,500 –> 00:13:27,500of the last twelve months28200:13:27,500 –> 00:13:28,500so we’ve included it28300:13:28,500 –> 00:13:29,500in our Listener’s Favourites28400:13:29,500 –> 00:13:31,5002026 series28500:13:31,500 –> 00:13:33,500If 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forms30600:14:02,500 –> 00:14:03,500of persecution30700:14:03,500 –> 00:14:04,500It comes in two different ways30800:14:04,500 –> 00:14:05,500and Thomas Watson30900:14:05,500 –> 00:14:06,500who has helped us so often31000:14:06,500 –> 00:14:08,500describes them well31100:14:08,500 –> 00:14:09,500he says there are two forms31200:14:09,500 –> 00:14:10,500of persecution31300:14:10,500 –> 00:14:12,500are persecution of the hand31400:14:12,500 –> 00:14:14,500and persecution31500:14:14,500 –> 00:14:15,500of the tongue31600:14:16,500 –> 00:14:18,500Persecution of the hand31700:14:18,500 –> 00:14:19,500of course we understand31800:14:19,500 –> 00:14:20,500what that is31900:14:20,500 –> 00:14:22,500Persecution of the Hand32000:14:22,500 –> 00:14:24,500is physical violence32100:14:24,500 –> 00:14:25,500It includes32200:14:26,500 –> 00:14:28,500imprisonment32300:14:28,500 –> 00:14:30,500even martyrdom32400:14:31,500 –> 00:14:32,500and this is not so far32500:14:32,500 –> 00:14:33,500from us as we think32600:14:33,500 –> 00:14:34,500Just last week32700:14:34,500 –> 00:14:36,500at the end of the32800:14:36,500 –> 00:14:37,500saturday night service32900:14:37,500 –> 00:14:38,500a student from Trinity33000:14:38,500 –> 00:14:40,500comes from India33100:14:40,500 –> 00:14:41,500visiting the church33200:14:41,500 –> 00:14:42,500for the first time33300:14:42,500 –> 00:14:44,500came, chatted with him33400:14:44,500 –> 00:14:45,500got to know him a little bit33500:14:45,500 –> 00:14:46,500we exchanged stories33600:14:46,500 –> 00:14:47,500about India33700:14:47,500 –> 00:14:48,500I wanted to know33800:14:48,500 –> 00:14:49,500what part of India33900:14:49,500 –> 00:14:50,500he was from34000:14:50,500 –> 00:14:51,500and as we got into34100:14:51,500 –> 00:14:52,500conversation34200:14:52,500 –> 00:14:53,500the student from Trinity34300:14:53,500 –> 00:14:54,500said to me34400:14:54,500 –> 00:14:56,500my dear my home town34500:14:56,500 –> 00:14:58,500he said because last week34600:14:58,500 –> 00:15:00,500a mob came34700:15:00,500 –> 00:15:01,500and broke the arms34800:15:01,500 –> 00:15:02,500and the legs34900:15:02,500 –> 00:15:03,500of the missionaries35000:15:03,500 –> 00:15:04,500who were preaching35100:15:05,500 –> 00:15:06,500Broke the arms and the legs35200:15:08,500 –> 00:15:09,500of the missionaries35300:15:09,500 –> 00:15:11,500who were preaching35400:15:12,500 –> 00:15:13,500It is very difficult35500:15:13,500 –> 00:15:15,500to get accurate numbers35600:15:15,500 –> 00:15:16,500of Christians35700:15:16,500 –> 00:15:17,500who have been35800:15:17,500 –> 00:15:18,500or are being killed35900:15:19,500 –> 00:15:21,500for openly professing36000:15:21,500 –> 00:15:23,500faith in the lord Jesus Christ36100:15:23,500 –> 00:15:24,500and we have looked36200:15:24,500 –> 00:15:25,500at many numbers36300:15:25,500 –> 00:15:26,500and they all fall36400:15:26,500 –> 00:15:27,500within a range36500:15:28,500 –> 00:15:29,500that gives us36600:15:29,500 –> 00:15:31,500at least some sense of it36700:15:31,500 –> 00:15:32,500and that range is between36800:15:32,500 –> 00:15:33,500100,00036900:15:33,500 –> 00:15:34,500at the low end37000:15:34,500 –> 00:15:36,500of estimate37100:15:36,500 –> 00:15:38,500and 150,00037200:15:38,500 –> 00:15:40,500at the higher end37300:15:40,500 –> 00:15:41,500of Christians37400:15:41,500 –> 00:15:42,500who are37500:15:42,500 –> 00:15:43,500killed37600:15:43,500 –> 00:15:44,500who lay down their lives37700:15:44,500 –> 00:15:45,500for the sake of the37800:15:45,500 –> 00:15:46,500lord Jesus Christ37900:15:46,500 –> 00:15:48,500because of their faith38000:15:48,500 –> 00:15:49,500every year38100:15:49,500 –> 00:15:50,500somewhere around38200:15:50,500 –> 00:15:52,500the globe38300:15:52,500 –> 00:15:54,500low end estimate38400:15:54,500 –> 00:15:56,500low end is 100,00038500:15:56,500 –> 00:15:58,500the church of England newspaper38600:15:58,500 –> 00:15:59,500estimated this is for38700:15:59,500 –> 00:16:01,500201138800:16:01,500 –> 00:16:04,500105,00038900:16:04,500 –> 00:16:05,500believers killed39000:16:05,500 –> 00:16:06,500for their faith39100:16:06,500 –> 00:16:07,500somewhere in the world39200:16:07,500 –> 00:16:09,500in 201139300:16:09,500 –> 00:16:10,500that is low end39400:16:10,500 –> 00:16:11,500of the estimate39500:16:11,500 –> 00:16:14,500what does that mean39600:16:14,500 –> 00:16:15,500that is 28839700:16:15,500 –> 00:16:16,500believers killed39800:16:16,500 –> 00:16:17,500every day39900:16:17,500 –> 00:16:18,500friends40000:16:18,500 –> 00:16:20,500that is 1240100:16:20,500 –> 00:16:21,500every one40200:16:21,500 –> 00:16:22,500hour40300:16:22,500 –> 00:16:23,500that is one40400:16:23,500 –> 00:16:26,500every five minutes40500:16:26,500 –> 00:16:27,500one of your brothers40600:16:27,500 –> 00:16:28,500and sisters40700:16:28,500 –> 00:16:31,500in Christ40800:16:31,500 –> 00:16:34,500one of our family40900:16:34,500 –> 00:16:35,500is laying down his41000:16:35,500 –> 00:16:37,500or her life41100:16:37,500 –> 00:16:38,500for Christ41200:16:38,500 –> 00:16:40,500somewhere in the world41300:16:40,500 –> 00:16:43,500every five minutes41400:16:43,500 –> 00:16:45,500every five minutes41500:16:45,500 –> 00:16:49,500today41600:16:49,500 –> 00:16:51,500day, night41700:16:51,500 –> 00:16:55,50024 hours41800:16:55,500 –> 00:16:59,500and I will say this to you41900:16:59,500 –> 00:17:03,500I do not think, at least as far as I’m aware42000:17:03,500 –> 00:17:05,500I do not think that our church42100:17:05,500 –> 00:17:07,500has yet had42200:17:07,500 –> 00:17:10,500a Missionary Martyr42300:17:10,500 –> 00:17:13,500but if we truly press42400:17:13,500 –> 00:17:15,500forward with the work of42500:17:15,500 –> 00:17:17,500Gospel proclamation42600:17:17,500 –> 00:17:19,500around the world42700:17:19,500 –> 00:17:22,500we should not be surprised42800:17:22,500 –> 00:17:24,500if that costly honour42900:17:24,500 –> 00:17:27,500is given to one of us43000:17:27,500 –> 00:17:31,500We should not be surprised43100:17:31,500 –> 00:17:33,500Do not be surprised43200:17:33,500 –> 00:17:36,500if that costly honour43300:17:36,500 –> 00:17:39,500is given to one of us43400:17:39,500 –> 00:17:42,500Persecution of the hand43500:17:43,500 –> 00:17:46,500Then Jesus also speaks43600:17:46,500 –> 00:17:47,500here in verse 1143700:17:47,500 –> 00:17:48,500Do you see it there43800:17:48,500 –> 00:17:50,500About persecution of the tongue43900:17:50,500 –> 00:17:51,500He said first44000:17:51,500 –> 00:17:52,500Blessed are those who are44100:17:52,500 –> 00:17:54,500persecuted for righteousness sake44200:17:54,500 –> 00:17:55,500Verse 1044300:17:55,500 –> 00:17:56,500That’s physical violence44400:17:56,500 –> 00:17:58,500that’s in view there44500:17:58,500 –> 00:17:59,500But then verse 1144600:17:59,500 –> 00:18:00,500he says something else44700:18:00,500 –> 00:18:01,500Blessed are you44800:18:01,500 –> 00:18:04,500when others revile you44900:18:04,500 –> 00:18:06,500and persecute you45000:18:06,500 –> 00:18:07,500Now what does that mean45100:18:07,500 –> 00:18:08,500To revile45200:18:08,500 –> 00:18:10,500To revile is to insult45300:18:10,500 –> 00:18:12,500It is to slander45400:18:12,500 –> 00:18:14,500It is to mock45500:18:14,500 –> 00:18:16,500It is to ridicule45600:18:16,500 –> 00:18:18,500It is to intimidate45700:18:18,500 –> 00:18:20,500It is to torment45800:18:20,500 –> 00:18:25,500Persecution with the tongue45900:18:25,500 –> 00:18:27,500And here is where I want to speak46000:18:27,500 –> 00:18:28,500Especially to all of our46100:18:28,500 –> 00:18:30,500high school students46200:18:30,500 –> 00:18:31,500Across the congregations46300:18:31,500 –> 00:18:33,500this weekend46400:18:33,500 –> 00:18:35,500and our middle school46500:18:35,500 –> 00:18:38,500students too46600:18:38,500 –> 00:18:40,500and of course46700:18:40,500 –> 00:18:44,500their parents and their grandparents46800:18:44,500 –> 00:18:46,500if someone…46900:18:46,500 –> 00:18:47,500if you were known to be a Christian47000:18:47,500 –> 00:18:49,500in high school today47100:18:49,500 –> 00:18:51,500you are going to get47200:18:51,500 –> 00:18:53,500some opposition47300:18:53,500 –> 00:18:55,500Apart from anything else47400:18:55,500 –> 00:18:57,500Satan has his eye on you47500:18:57,500 –> 00:18:59,500and there’s never47600:18:59,500 –> 00:19:01,500a situation in which somehow47700:19:01,500 –> 00:19:02,500He gives a break to you47800:19:02,500 –> 00:19:03,500until you’re 2147900:19:03,500 –> 00:19:04,500you know, no trouble48000:19:04,500 –> 00:19:06,500until you’re old enough48100:19:06,500 –> 00:19:09,500you can’t Drive a car or whatever48200:19:09,500 –> 00:19:11,500it starts earlier than that48300:19:11,500 –> 00:19:12,500different people of course48400:19:12,500 –> 00:19:13,500have different experiences48500:19:13,500 –> 00:19:16,500but here is what you should expect48600:19:16,500 –> 00:19:17,500that’s what we’ve learned48700:19:17,500 –> 00:19:18,500from the first point here48800:19:19,500 –> 00:19:20,500if people know you are a Christian48900:19:20,500 –> 00:19:22,500even though you are young49000:19:22,500 –> 00:19:24,500expect to be mocked49100:19:24,500 –> 00:19:26,500for believing in Christ49200:19:26,500 –> 00:19:27,500expect everybody is going to say49300:19:28,500 –> 00:19:29,500You actually believe that God created the world?49400:19:29,500 –> 00:19:32,500You must be a fool!49500:19:32,500 –> 00:19:35,500How could you possibly think that?49600:19:35,500 –> 00:19:38,500and certainly you should expect49700:19:38,500 –> 00:19:41,500to be mocked and perhaps ridiculed49800:19:41,500 –> 00:19:44,500for obeying Christ49900:19:44,500 –> 00:19:46,500and particularly50000:19:46,500 –> 00:19:47,500I’m thinking here that50100:19:47,500 –> 00:19:49,500if you are committed50200:19:49,500 –> 00:19:52,500to the path of sexual purity50300:19:52,500 –> 00:19:55,500and if you therefore hold back50400:19:55,500 –> 00:19:58,500from the increasingly relentless50500:19:58,500 –> 00:19:59,500sexual experimentation50600:20:01,500 –> 00:20:03,500that is becoming more and more part50700:20:03,500 –> 00:20:04,500so tragically50800:20:04,500 –> 00:20:06,500in High School culture50900:20:07,500 –> 00:20:09,500then people are going to think you’re strange51000:20:10,500 –> 00:20:12,500they’re going to make fun of you51100:20:12,500 –> 00:20:13,500because of it51200:20:14,500 –> 00:20:15,500there are gonna be some groups51300:20:15,500 –> 00:20:17,500you might like to belong to51400:20:17,500 –> 00:20:19,500but because they are acting in a certain way51500:20:19,500 –> 00:20:20,500and you’re not51600:20:20,500 –> 00:20:22,500you find yourself outside51700:20:22,500 –> 00:20:24,500you feel yourself to be sort of outcast51800:20:24,500 –> 00:20:26,500or socially ostracised51900:20:28,500 –> 00:20:30,500and when other students52000:20:30,500 –> 00:20:32,500know that you are a Christian52100:20:32,500 –> 00:20:34,500and sometimes teachers too52200:20:35,500 –> 00:20:36,500they may make your life hard52300:20:36,500 –> 00:20:37,500this is what Jesus says52400:20:37,500 –> 00:20:39,500you see verse 1152500:20:39,500 –> 00:20:41,500Jesus knows about what you’re experiencing in high school52600:20:41,500 –> 00:20:43,500He’s speaking about it right here52700:20:43,500 –> 00:20:47,500they will utter all kinds of evil against you52800:20:48,500 –> 00:20:50,500so many of our students52900:20:50,500 –> 00:20:52,500are actually experiencing, in High School today53000:20:52,500 –> 00:20:54,500it’s exactly what Jesus says53100:20:54,500 –> 00:20:56,500because if the Bible speaking to your life53200:20:56,500 –> 00:20:58,500and Jesus knows what is going on53300:20:58,500 –> 00:20:59,500and you need to understand53400:20:59,500 –> 00:21:01,500why this is going on53500:21:01,500 –> 00:21:03,500because people who are behaving in a way53600:21:03,500 –> 00:21:05,500that is displeasing to Christ53700:21:05,500 –> 00:21:07,500and destructive to themselves53800:21:07,500 –> 00:21:09,500they’re already suppressing53900:21:09,500 –> 00:21:11,500the light of their own conscience54000:21:11,500 –> 00:21:13,500and now they’re seeing that light in you54100:21:13,500 –> 00:21:14,500and they don’t like it54200:21:14,500 –> 00:21:16,500They hate it54300:21:17,500 –> 00:21:18,500You’ve been listening54400:21:18,500 –> 00:21:19,500to Pastor Colin Smith54500:21:19,500 –> 00:21:20,500on Open the Bible54600:21:20,500 –> 00:21:21,500and a message called54700:21:21,500 –> 00:21:23,500Blessed are those who are persecuted54800:21:23,500 –> 00:21:25,500this message was originally54900:21:25,500 –> 00:21:26,500from a series called, Momentum55000:21:26,500 –> 00:21:28,500how to make progress55100:21:28,500 –> 00:21:29,500in the Christian life55200:21:29,500 –> 00:21:30,500but we’ve included it55300:21:30,500 –> 00:21:31,500in our series55400:21:31,500 –> 00:21:32,500based on 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fits together60000:22:27,500 –> 00:22:28,500and how it60100:22:28,500 –> 00:22:29,500all points to Jesus60200:22:29,500 –> 00:22:31,500well now you can60300:22:31,500 –> 00:22:32,500with the new podcast60400:22:32,500 –> 00:22:33,500hike through60500:22:33,500 –> 00:22:34,500the Bible60600:22:34,500 –> 00:22:35,500yeah and60700:22:35,500 –> 00:22:36,500this is for everyone60800:22:36,500 –> 00:22:37,500who wants to60900:22:37,500 –> 00:22:38,500understand the Bible61000:22:38,500 –> 00:22:39,500better and for61100:22:39,500 –> 00:22:40,500everyone61200:22:40,500 –> 00:22:41,500who wants to61300:22:41,500 –> 00:22:42,500love Jesus61400:22:42,500 –> 00:22:43,500more61500:22:43,500 –> 00:22:44,500in each episode61600:22:44,500 –> 00:22:45,500I’ll read a chapter61700:22:45,500 –> 00:22:46,500from my book61800:22:46,500 –> 00:22:47,500hike through the Bible61900:22:47,500 –> 00:22:48,500and then I’ll discuss62000:22:48,500 –> 00:22:49,500it with some friends62100:22:49,500 –> 00:22:50,500a 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