Buhay Disciple

Matthew 10 :19 When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.

20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

21 Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,

22 and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

24 "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.   

Jesus sent His disciples to preach the gospel and minister to the needy. He prepares their hearts to the coming rejection and persecution. 

The Spirit of God will speak through you. The Lord commissioned us to be witnesses to the world. He knew we will experience intimidation that may cause us to fear but Jesus assured us that the Holy Spirit will give us the words we need to say.

The one who endures to the end will be saved. Jesus did not presented a christian life as perfect and free of trials. Instead, He encourage His disciples to endure the coming sufferings which will shake their faith. In short, He wants to tell His disciples to keep doing what they are doing for the expansion of God's Kingdom, no matter what the situation is, we must be undisturbed and unstoppable.

A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. To follow Jesus means discomfort. He Himself was rejected, persecuted and sentenced to death. The way to overcome sufferings is the way how Jesus overcame it - ENDURE. Doing His way is far from the ways of the world which is fighting for own rights, on the contrary Jesus deny His own and died.

2 Timothy 2:11It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him; 12If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us;