From the Pulpit...

Christians should expect persecution. After all, the world persecuted and killed the sinless Son of God, the only One who did not deserve to be punished. Every believer will encounter some sort of trouble in this life by living for the Lord. Yet He is worthy of devotion, because He is true and everyone is totally lost without Him. Jesus did signs and miracles to prove that He is who He claimed to be. the Son of God. In acts 2:22, Peter says that Christ did these miracles in the midst of the Jews in Jerusalem so they could not deny His works. They did deny Him, leaving them no excuse. One day the apostles would need to communicate their experiences of their Master, both while He was alive and after His resurrection. for this overwhelming task, they would need help. Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would testify through the oral and written testimony of the apostles. The NT is no random compilation of thoughts but a carefully composed set of documents superintended by the Holy Spirit. in difficult times, to remember, these things that Jesus warned of will keep believers from stumbling.