The Persecuted

The Gospel of the Kingdom - Message 24 - The Persecuted - Matthew 5:10. In this be-attitude we find not a character quality we are to possess, or something we are to be in the inner man. Instead we learn what the world's reaction will be to us if we are a Christian, as exemplified by these be-attitudes. If we look like this, the kind of believer described and empowered by grace, blessed, then we will look like Jesus. And the hard truth found in Matthew 5:10 is this: If you are a believer, a follower of Jesus Christ, one who looks like Him, then you will be persecuted. There is no way around it.