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do you feel you need to do that?” to which the man replied, “I need to live.”
Tertullian’s reply was simple, “Do you?”
Think about this conversation for a moment and let it inspire you to a greater sense
of personal loyalty.
#2: Perseverance This perseverance could be seen to be the fruit of number one.
Perseverance.
erseverance
This perseverance has an end in mind. Remember the other day I spoke to you about
the saying, “…this too will pass”? Well I repeat that comment again. In Matthew 5 v
when”;
11 – 12 Jesus uses the word “when this word infers that persecution will not
when
always be a reality in your life. It is something that comes and something that goes.
For those who die in the case of persecution, the persecution will end when they step
into heaven and hear the words in Matthew 25, “Well done good and faithful
servant, enter now into the joy of your Lord.” But even while we are still here on
earth, pe