Jesus warned us that in the last days the Christians would face persecution.
Matthew 14:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
Christ also gave us a warning about Christians not keeping with sound doctrine in the last days. 2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
245 Million Christians Facing ‘Extreme’ Persecution Worldwide – Can You Guess By Who?
“WASHINGTON, DC — North Korea remains at the top of a list of 50 countries where at least 245 million Christians are facing “extreme persecution” this year, up 14 percent from 215 million at the beginning of 2018, the World Wide Watch List (WWL) released on Wednesday by Open Doors, a group that monitors the mistreatment of Christ followers, revealed.”
It is not just the Muslims who are persecuting believers but, people who call themselves Christians are persecuting believers who stand up with sound doctrine.
Pastor ousted after preaching that ‘love warns’
A California pastor lost his church earlier this month when the congregation took issue with him for standing on biblical truth about homosexuality.
Pastor Justin Hoke had a straightforward and blunt message for the northern California community of Yreka. The message board outside his church read: “Bruce Jenner is still a man. Homosexuality is still sin. The culture may change. The Bible does not.”
Homosexual activists quickly gathered to protest the message, but Hoke was undeterred – and made this remark during his message on January 6:
Hoke: “We’ve not been left here, beloved, to hide our light under a basket, to hide our light under a bed. Love warns. It is hatred, it is selfishness which conceals truth.”
It turned out to be his last sermon at Trinity Bible Presbyterian Church. He wrote on his Facebook page that the other church elder felt he could no longer follow Hoke’s leadership and that all but one couple in the church would quit if he remained in the pulpit. Hoke chose to leave. https://onenewsnow.com/church/2019/01/17/pastor-ousted-after-preaching-that-love-warns?utm_source=OneNewsNow&utm_medium=email&utm_term=16792771&utm_content=688528188178980480&utm_campaign=37657