Who shall separate us from thelove of Christ? Shall trouble or

hardship or persecution or famineor nakedness or danger or sword?

Romans

8:

35

As it is written:“For your sake we face death all

day long; we are considered as sheep to be

slaughtered.”

Romans

8:

36

No, in all these things we aremore than conquerors

through him who loved us.

Romans

8:

37

For I am convinced that neitherdeath nor life, neither angels nordemons, neither the present nor

the future, nor any powers,

Romans

8:

38

neither height nor depth, nor anythingelse in all creation, will be able to

separate us from the love of God thatis in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans

8:

39

FoolishnessTriumphant

The message of the cross is foolish to

those who are headed for destruction!

But we who are being saved know it is

the very power of God. 1 Corinthians

1 :18

As the Scriptures say,

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise

and discard the intelligence of the

intelligent.”

1 Corinthians

1 :19

So where does this leave the

philosophers, the scholars, and the

world’s brilliant debaters? God has made

the wisdom of this world look foolish.

1 Corinthians

1 :20

Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the

world would never know him through

human wisdom, he has used our foolish

preaching to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians

1 :21

hypernikáōBe the

you

God blesses those who

are persecuted for

doing right, for the

Kingdom of Heaven is

theirs.

Matthew 5:10

“God blesses you when

people mock you and

persecute you and lie about

you and say all sorts of evil

things against you because

you are my followers.

Matthew 5:11

Be happy about it! Be very

glad! For a great reward

awaits you in heaven. And

remember, the ancient

prophets were persecuted

in the same way.

Matthew 5:12

worthy of

Do something

persecution