Week 2: “Persecution Will Come”

Matthew 10:16–25 (NIV)

1.  PERSECUTION IS PROMISED, NOT PREVENTABLE

Matthew 10:16–18

John 16:1

2 Corinthians 12:9

2.  OPPOSITION IS OFTEN RELATIONAL, NOT JUST CULTURAL

Matthew 10:21–22

Psalm 55:12–14

Genesis 50:20

John 1:11

3. PERSECUTION IS PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION

Matthew 10:24–25

1 Samuel 18:14–15

4.  ENDURANCE IS THE REAL TEST

Matthew 10:22

Hebrews 10:36

Hebrews 12:2

2 Timothy 4:16–17