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"I am afraid to become a Christian because I will suffer persecution"

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Matthew 5:10 Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

2Corinthians 4:17 "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;"

2Timothy 2:12 "If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:"

1Peter 4:14 "If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified."

James 1:12 "Blessed is the man that endures trial: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him."

1Peter 3:14 "But if you suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are you: and, Be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;"

Psalm 118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

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"I will have to give up too much/ I will have too much to give up"

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Matthew 6:33 "But seek you first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

Mark 8:34 "And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."

Christ is worth more than your life so it should not be difficult to give up the things in your life.

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Mark 8:35 "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it."

Romans 8:32 "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?"

Mark 8:36 "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own life?"

Revfusing Christ is always at the expense of the most valuable things to you.

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Psalm 34:9 "O fear the LORD, you his saints: for there is no lack to them that fear him."

Psalm 34:10 "The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing."

Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

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"My friends and relatives would make fun of me"

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Matthew 5:10 Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:11 "Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake."

Matthew 5:12 "Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you."

Count it an honour to share in the sufferings of God's honourable men for then you will also share in their honour.

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Matthew 10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

Matthew 10:37 He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Christ is worth more than any dear thing to you.

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John 15:18 "If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you."

It is a great honour to share in the suffering of and hatred for Christ for then you will also share in His honour and the love the Father has for Him.

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John 15:19 "If you were of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you."

Their hatred is sign that you have gained something better than you had had when they had accepted you even God's approval.

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2Timothy 3:12 "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."

Persecution is proof that God is in you in Christ Jesus.

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Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

2Corinthians 6:14 Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and what partnership has light with darkness?

It is impossible for true friends to persecute you. Anyone who persecutes your stand for God is not a true friend.

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1Peter 4:14 "If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified."

Persecution reveals the glory of Christ in you.

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"There are some things I cannot give up"

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Romans 6:11 "Likewise reckon you also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord."

You can do that according to your ability to reckon that you have already given them up by Christ.

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1John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

Colossians 3:2 "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth."

Setting your affections on things above will keep you above sin because your affections will always affect you.

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Titus 2:11 "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,"

Because grace has appeared to you in Christ you can give up any negative thing.

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Romans 8:12 "Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh."

Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

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"I will help others when I get over my own issues"

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1John 3:16 "By this perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."

Galatians 6:10 "As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith."

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"I will lose all my good friends if I become serious with God"

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John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Mark 10:29 ,29 "And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,",30 "But he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.",31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

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"I will be rejected if I choose to follow Christ and Who will take care of me if I choose to follow God/Christ"

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Ephesians 1:6 "To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he has made us accepted in the beloved."

Jeremiah 31:3 "The LORD has appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you."

Psalm 27:10 "When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up."

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"I will lose everything If I stop this to follow God"

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Luke 18:29 ,29 "And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that has left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,",30 "Who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting."

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