1. Grace Fellowship Church
Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard
Thursday, January 13, 2011
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2. Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.—Amen.

3. Memory Verse 2 Tim 2:4, “No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.”

4. John 16:1-6 The Importance of Preparedness.

5. John 16:2 Religious Persecution, Two Forms of, and One Reason for.

6. The Forms: 1) “They will make you outcasts from the local assemblies
The Forms: 1) “They will make you outcasts from the local assemblies.” APOSUNAGOGOS

7. Principles: 1. The rejection of their message will take the form of both mental and physical rebuke.

8. 2. There will be religious excommunication, the loss of the fellowship of their nation’s faith.

9. 3. It means more than it would to us today
3. It means more than it would to us today. It means the loss of family, friends, and all social intercourse.

10. 2) “That anyone who puts you to death.” APOKTEINO

11. The Reason: “Will think he is offering service to God
The Reason: “Will think he is offering service to God.” DOKEO PROSPHEREO LATREIA HO THEOS

12. John 16:2, “They will make you outcasts from the local assemblies, but an hour is coming that anyone who puts you to death will think he is offering service to God.”

13. Principles: 1. The Satanic objective is to remove the body of Christ in total from his domain, or in effectiveness.

14. 2. To eliminate Christianity and its effectiveness, Satan has designed a counterfeit called religion.

15. 3. Religion is the Devil’s weapon for neutralizing Bible doctrine and religion will persecute the grace-oriented believer priest in the Church Age.

16. 4. The religious crowd is identified in 2 Tim 3:1-7.

17. 5. The antagonism of religion is developed in 2 Tim 3:8-14
5. The antagonism of religion is developed in 2 Tim 3: It is countered by the Edification Complex of the Soul, the ECS.

18. 6. Religion is the result of negative volition toward Bible doctrine which in turn puts scar tissue on the soul.

19. 7.  It results in scar tissue that blocks the lungs of the soul, opening up a vacuum, MATAIOTES.

20. Satan brings thoughts through the MATAIOTES into the soul of unbelievers and the reversionistic born- again believer.

21. 8. Through this vacuum comes darkness, pseudo-edification, and false doctrines. Eph 4:17-19

22. 9. The soul in darkness is both blind and stupid with regard to the grace of God.

23. 10. Mental attitude sins such as hatred, jealousy, vindictiveness, implacability, motivate religious types to be active in persecution, even killing.

24. 11. These acts of persecution are rationalized as a service toward God
11. These acts of persecution are rationalized as a service toward God. In this way the religious killer has no guilt complex for his sins.

25. 12. Jesus is anticipating the hostility of religion toward grace
12. Jesus is anticipating the hostility of religion toward grace. It is ruthless and senseless and inexcusable, diabolical.

26. 13. Religious opposition is going to continue throughout the Church Age.

27. 14. Religion always seeks to destroy the truth
14. Religion always seeks to destroy the truth. It is like a weed; it grows when it has something to prey on.

28. 15. In any country where you have maximum negative volition toward Bible Doctrine, religion infiltrates that area.

29. 16. Religion has restraints, one is the state.

30. Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, January 13, Tape # The Importance of Preparedness Religious Persecution Upper Room Discourse, Part 458     John 16:1; 9:22; 12:42; 2 Tim 3:1-14; Eph 4:17-19  James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2011