Matthew 24: ⁹ “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers. ¹⁰ And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. ¹¹ And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people. ¹² Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. ¹³ But the one who endures to the end will be saved. ¹⁴ And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come.

 

I am sure when Jesus said all this to them.. they weren't really thinking of being killed and persecuted... most of us don't take things so literally..

He told them they would be hated.. yet when people hate us.. don't we wonder why on earth they don't like us.. I mean look how wonderful we are... I think we are often hated just for the God that is within us.. the bible says that light and dark cannot reside in the same place.. so if they are not truly light within.. they are uncomfortable around us...

sin is rampant everywhere.. love has grown cold... worse yet.. these things are accepted.. most sin is said to just be the way someone is... like homosexuality... and we don't really love anyone.. we lust.. I am meaning people in general... we accept all sorts of things as normal now.. look at the things we see on television and think nothing of it.. look at how we dress compared to the past... showing all our business... I am guilty sometimes I know...

 

the one who endures to the end will be saved... I am a runner... I am not someone who holds on... yet God won't let go.. so I endure and hold on now.. like I never have before... I am truly a new creature in Christ...