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In Matthew Jesus taught his disciples that they were blessed when they were reviled, persecuted, and spoken evil of. In Luke when Jesus was speaking of the same subject, He did not refer to any bodily damage, but said, "Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake." As far as I know D. L. Moody never was tortured for his Christianity, and yet I am sure that there were many men who hated and avoided him. Even so, we may or may not suffer physical persecution, but if we will live godly we shall have men speak evil of us and dislike us.
We should not let the danger of persecution turn us from living boldly for God, anymore than a soldier would avoid conflict because of danger. Though all who live righteously do suffer let us particularly remember them which suffer adversity and are in bonds. "O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me." Psalm 7:1
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