Having faith in these last days means you are going to stick with God no matter what pressure comes your way from culture, society, or unsaved family members. Your faith is in God and you’re not a coward. You refuse to believe lies, live your own way, and give in to cultural pressure. Faith means you are willing to suffer persecution for His name’s sake. You become a fool for Christ. You live holy in the midst of an unholy nation. Your faith will make you renounce ungodliness and the world’s wisdom. You will not justify or rationalize sin. You will obey God’s Word with no fear of what they think, say, or will do to you!
Hebrews 11:25 By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. 25 He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin. 26 He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt,
2 Timothy 3:11 my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived...
1 Corinthians 4:10 New Living Translation
Our dedication to Christ makes us look like fools, but you claim to be so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are so powerful! You are honored, but we are ridiculed.
Titus 2:12 It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age...
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