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Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up again parents and cause them to be put to death. ²² And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. ²³ When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.¹

I think the evil one does not want me to work this passage out so I am going to. We got a couple issues to work on. First the families who hate us for the truth we stand for. They say they are not mad at us but when we take a stand, I get it. I got people that do not want me to push the bible on gay marriage, They think the bible does not stand when it does. We have to be open minded on things and liberal. They do not want us to preach to them as we are told but they tell us the bible is a man made book. No the bible is a book wrote to us by God. It is also good because it is truth and Jesus word hold true in life. It proves the bible really.

IF YOU ENDURE TO THE END. I am a firm thinker that if you place your trusr in Jesus to save you that Jesus is the one who holds you not the other way around.

Endurance of persecution is the hallmark of genuine salvation: It is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved. Endurance does not produce or protect salvation, which is totally the work of God’s grace. But endurance is evidence of salvation, proof that a person is truly redeemed and a child of God. God gives eternal life “to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality,” Paul says (Rom. 2:7). The writer of Hebrews expresses the same truth in these words: “For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end” (3:14). We do not earn our salvation by endurance, but prove it. Continuance is a verification of being a real Christian. Theologians call this the perseverance of the saints. The following Scriptures also emphasize perseverance: Matthew 24:13; John 8:31; 1 Corinthians 15:1-2; Colossians 1:21-23; Hebrews 2:1-3; 4:14; 6:11-12; 10:39; 12:14; 2 Peter 1:10.

Persecution quickly burns away chaff in the church. Those who have made only a superficial profession of Christ have no new nature to motivate them to suffer for Christ and no divine power to enable them to endure it if they wanted to. Nothing is more spiritually purifying and strengthening than persecution (cf. James 1:12).

10:17–22. Take no thought means “Do not be anxious.” (See Mark 13:9–13; Luke 12:11, 12; 21:12–19.) It shall be given you promises that the inner prompting of the Holy Spirit would tell them what to say in each situation they would face. For my name’s sake: They would endure great persecution because of their identification with Jesus Christ. But he that endureth to the end shall be saved is a promise of perseverance, not a teaching that salvation may be lost. Rather, it indicates that those who are truly saved will indeed endure to the end²

10:21–22 Jesus detailed some aspects of the coming persecution. The Jews considered family denunciations and betrayals a sign of the end times. These words may allude to Micah 7:6. This passage speaks of internal corruption in Israel; Jesus said this was a sign of the last days. Not only will faith in Jesus tear families apart, but believers will also find that everyone will hate them. As Jesus’ disciples share his authority, they will also share his sufferings. Those who endure to the end (meaning wholly, completely) will enter into Christ’s Kingdom. Standing firm to the end is not a way to be saved but the evidence that a person is really committed to Jesus. Persistence is not a means to earn salvation; it is the by-product of a truly devoted life.³

1 The New King James Version. (1982). (Mt 10:21–23). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

2 King James Version study Bible . (1997). (electronic ed., Mt 10:17). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

3 Barton, B., Comfort, P., Osborne, G., Taylor, L. K., & Veerman, D. (2001). Life Application New Testament Commentary (p. 51). Wheaton, IL: Tyndale.