Gary Patton's List: Evangelism

• Now faith is confidence in what we hope for^{A)" class="crossreference">} and assurance about what we do not see.

• ⁶ And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him^{I)" class="crossreference">} must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

• 1 Corinthians 2:8-10
• However, as

• it is written:

  “What no eye has seen,
      what no ear has heard,
  and what no human mind has conceived”^{a]" class="footnote">[a]}—
      the things God has prepared for those who love him—^{C)" class="crossreference">(C)}

  ¹⁰ these are the things God has revealed^{D)" class="crossreference">(D)} to us by his Spirit.

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• everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him will live eternally; and on the last day, I am the One who will resurrect him.
• “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
• If the Father who sent Me does not draw you, then there’s no way you can come to Me. But I will resurrect everyone who does come on the last day.

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• So the soldiers took charge of Jesus.
• Here they crucified him, and with him two others^{F)" class="crossreference">}—one on each side and Jesus in the middle
• Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth,^{G)" class="crossreference">} the king of the jews.^{H)" class="crossreference">}
• written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.
• When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes

  • First Century peoples had a VERY different attitude towards nudity than more modern ones. Ancient people groups bathed or performed ritual purification rites publicly in the nude using either in public baths or lakes and waterways.
    
    Nonetheless, stripping their condemned criminals nude, both females and males, before hanging them on a cross was an additional degradation and humiliation performed intentionally by the Romans who perfected the cruel torture of death by crucifixion.
    
    Of the three largest religious groups in the world today, the great majority of their members eschew public nakedness. They all do so for purely cultural, not religious, reasons, despite what many of them believe about their Holy Books. Their Holy Books do not prohibit public nudity. In fact, all are at least neutral on the subject.
    
    For example, most Christians now confuse simply being naked in the presence of another with always having sexual intercourse. They've done so since about the early 19th Century and the advent of Victorian prudery which was inaugurated by the church.
    
    Modern Jews, also, have abandoned their Biblical tradition of public, nude bathing for ritual purification.
    
    Many Muslim males passionately avoid any display of skin in public except that of the hands and face. Some Muslim cultural traditions require females above puberty to wear a burqua which totally hides their bodies in public and prohibits them being with a non-relative male in public on the pain of severe physical and emotional penalties.
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• This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled^{K)" class="crossreference">} which said,

  “They divided my garments among them
      and cast lots for my clothing.
•  Later, knowing that all was now completed,^{S)" class="crossreference">} and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled,^{T)" class="crossreference">} Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” ²⁹ A jar of wine vinegar^{U)" class="crossreference">} was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. ³⁰ When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.”^{V)" class="crossreference">} With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
•  Now it was the day of Preparation,^{W)" class="crossreference">} and the next day was to be a special Sabbath
• one of the soldiers pierced^{Z)" class="crossreference">} Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.^{AA)" class="crossreference">}
• These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled:^{AD)" class="crossreference">} “Not one of his bones will be broken,”^{b]" class="footnote">[b]}^{AE)" class="crossreference">} ³⁷ and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”^{c]" class="footnote">[c]}

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• • "The R-E-A-L Gospel & Authentic Jesus...God's Saving Power Source"
    
    To Muslims the Gospel is a long lost book. For Christians, it is what is described below. And the Jesus referred to here is NOT the Isa of the Qur'an!
    
    The 'Isa' of the Qur'an is the purely human, Jewish Prophet described there that pre-dated the Prophet Mohammad and he was a Muslim. (See Surahs 4:71; 5:116; 6:101; 19:35 & 88-89 & 23:88-92 among others in context )
    
    Therefore, Isa cannot be the 'Yeshua/Jesus' of the Christian Bible's New Covenant ...Whom Christian believe is God Almighty, the YHWH of the Old Covenant. (John 10:28-30 at http://diigo.com/0ti6o and Thomas among others).
    says?
    
    When the Qur'an is properly read by Muslims in Arabic, not another language, the word used is Isa, not Jesus.
    
    Indeed, the revered Muslim historian Dr. Tarif Kalif (insert quote used by Tony Costa in debate)
    
    In addition:
    • The heavenly Father of Yeshua/Jesus is YHWH, the written name of the Jewish "One God", according to the Bible Book/Chapter/Verse(s): Mark 5:21-42). Isa is stated in the Qur'an to be a gift of Allah. (Qur'an Surah/Ayah(at): 47:19; 112:I Peter 4:8: "Say: He is Allah, the One and Only.")
    • Yeshua/Jesus was born to a virgin, Mariam, by means of an immaculate conception by God. (In Matthew I Peter 4:8:16, speaking of Joseph, the foster father of Jesus, the verse says: “… the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ”. Matthew does not say, “….and Joseph "the father of" (begat in some translations) Jesus” ...as he had done with the preceding generations. Matthew thus makes clear that Joseph was not the genetic father of Jesus. No man was.) Isa was "begat" by sexual intercourse between Joseph and Mariam. (Qur'an 23:91; 112:3: "He begs not, nor is He begotten" or, "God neither gave birth nor is born").
    • Yeshua/Jesus said He was "Emmanuel" (God with us). He was orally proclaimed by His heavenly Father to be His Son. Isa was only a human Prophet (Qur'an 23:84-91 http://quran.com/23/91).
    • Yeshua/Jesus lived a sinless life. Isa is not said to have done so in the Qur'an or a-Hadith.
    • Yeshua/Jesus died on a Roman torture instrument, the cross*, to pay the full and perfect penalty for our sin nature and our sins. Isa was not crucified for humankind's sin according to Islamic scholars.
    • Yeshua/Jesus rose from the grave as a demonstration of God's acceptance of His sacrifice and ascended to heaven in a transformed body where He sits at the right hand of our heavenly Father interceding for His Followers. Isa was not and does not.
    • Yeshua/Jesus will judge the behaviour of all non-Followers of HIM after their death. This judgement in the Qur'an is reserved to the Islamic deity, Allah.
    • Yeshua/Jesus will return bodily to earth at a pre-determined end of time date that only God knows. Then, every knee in heaven and earth and under the earth will bow and every tongue will confess that the Messiah, Yeshua/Jesus, is LORD. He will rule and reign with His Followers forever in a New Heaven and a New Earth. According to the Qur'an, Isa will be the servant of the Prophet Mohammad at the end of the age. According to tradition believed by many Sunni and Shi'a Muslims, the end-time activities of Yeshua/Jesus described in the Bible will be performed by "The Twelfth Imam", "The Mahdi" who will cover the earth with Islam ...the the love of YHWH.
    
    • "The Islamic 'Isa' is not the Christian 'Jesus' nor the Jewish 'Yeshua'! ~ gfp '42™
    
    Note 1: "That Yeshua/Jesus was crucified is as sure as anything historical can ever be, since both Josephus and Tacitus, contemporary, secular historians of Jesus, agree with the Christian accounts on at least that basic fact.
    
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• Romans 1:16
• Romans 1:16
• I am not ashamed of the gospel,^{A)" class="crossreference">(A)} because it is the power of God^{B)" class="crossreference">(B)} for the salvation of everyone who believes:^{C)" class="crossreference">(C)} first for the Jew,^{D)" class="crossreference">(D)} then for the Gentile.^{E)" class="crossreference">(E)}
• • The word "Gentile" is the English translation of the Hebrew word that means "non-Jew". It's the equivalent of "Infidel" to a Muslim. Gentile was a negative word for ancient Jews. Gentiles were nearly non-people as Nassara are to Muslims. (This is the Qur'an's derogatory term for Christian.)
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• Galatians 5:6

  • "If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't saved"
    Galatians 5:6 makes clear the above in only two sentences.
    GaryFPatton (gfp '42™ 2012-07-23)
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• neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value

  • "Doing things for God", which is what circumcision means here, in order to earn salvation is useless!
    
    The faith you have in Jesus is ALL you need and ALL that counts as it says in Romans 10:8-10 at
    http://diigo.com/0lk6j .
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• The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.^(C)

  • Because of this truth: ""If your faith doesn't produce love, you're NOT saved! ~ John Piper, Christian theologian
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• Romans 10:8-12

  • "How To Connect With The One True God"
    
    You'll discover in Romans 10:8-12 below what the Bible says about connecting with God and having abundant life and day-to-day peace ...now not just in the next life... through a relationship with Jesus, the One Living God in Three.
    
    Having a relationship with the One Living God is not complicated.
    
    The door is always available ...in fact, Jesus (Yeshua), but not the Qur'anic Isa, is there knocking right now for those who don't know Him personally. He says so at http://diigo.com/0lk60 .
    
    Please take Jesus at His word, believe He wants to save you from your sin nature and your sins ...no matter what you may have done... as He promises below.
    
    He WANTS to give you complete peace by entering into His eternity with Him, now, as well as after death!
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• if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and ^(C)believe in your heart that ^(D)God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; ¹⁰ for with the heart a person believes, ^[b]resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, ^[c]resulting in salvation.

  • But, what do I confess and believe you may ask?
    
    The key to reconciliation with God is to simply say honestly to Jesus: "I am a sinner. Please save me from my sin nature and my many sins. I believe you died on Your cross and rose ffrom your grave to reconcile me with God by paying the full penalty for my wrongs that my good works cannot overcome!"
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• WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE ^[d]DISAPPOINTED.”
• ^{F)" class="crossreference">}there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is ^{G)" class="crossreference">(G)}Lord of ^{H)" class="crossreference">(H)}all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;
• Whoever believes in Him will not be ^[d]disappointed

  • You're too bright to believe in your heart that a perfectly holy God who demands absolute justice would be willing to measure anyone's ability to enter heaven on a "Bell Curve of good works" as the Qur'an suggests in Surah 23:97-104 or any other way but via His loving grace.
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• Matthew 16:15-18

  • In Matthew 16:15-18, Jesus asks the most important question that every person must answer because of it's eternal ramifications.
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• He *said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
• “You are ^[a](A)the Christ, ^(B)the Son of ^(C)the living God.”
• I will build My church; and the gates of ^(G)Hades will not overpower it

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• How Islamic Can Christianity Be?

  • This article explains the dangers of what's called the "Insider Movement" i.e. evangelizing Muslims to become Jesus Followers using the Qur'an and telling them that they may follow Jesus while remaining part of Islam.
    
    The article is written by a couple who have shared Jesus', not Isa's, love with Muslims for many years in the Middle East.
    gfp (2012-05-21)
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• Missionaries and academics have wondered aloud whether the problem extends beyond Western politics, military intervention, and spiritual bondage to the very way we present the gospel. Could our methods be to blame? Could more sophisticated contextualization unlock many more hearts for Christ?
• we can introduce Muslims to Jesus through the Qur'an

  • One of the major dangers of IM, in my opinion, is that the 'Isa' of the Qur'an is the human Jewish Prophet described there that pre-dated the Prophet Mohammad. But the Qur'anic Isa is not the 'Yeshua/Jesus' of the Christian Bible's New Covenant (Testament).
    
    When the Qur'an is properly read by Muslims in Arabic, not another language, the word used is Isa, not Jesus.
    
    In addition:
    • The heavenly Father of Yeshua/Jesus is YHWH, the written name of the Christian and Jewish "One God" according to the Bible. Isa is stated in the Qur'an to be a gift of Allah. (Qur'an 112:1 "Say: He is Allah, the One and Only.")
    • Yeshua/Jesus was born to a virgin, Mariam, by means of an immaculate conception by God according to Christian Scripture. (In Matthew 1:16 speaking of Joseph, the foster father of Jesus, the verse says: “… the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ”. Matthew does not say, “….and Joseph "the father of" (begat in some translations) Jesus” ...as he had done with the preceding generations. Matthew thus makes clear that Joseph was not the genetic father of Jesus. No man was.) Isa was "begat" by sexual intercourse between Joseph and Mariam. (Qur'an Surah:Ayat 23:91 & 112:3: "He begetteth not, nor is He begotten" or, "God neither gave birth nor is born again")).
    • Yeshua/Jesus said He was "Emmanuel" (God with us). He was orally proclaimed by His heavenly Father to be His Son ("This is my Son in whom I am pleased! (In every Gospel)). Isa was only a human Prophet (Qur'an 23:84-91 http://quran.com/23/91).
    • Yeshua/Jesus lived a sinless life. Isa is not said to have done so in the Qur'an or a-Hadith.
    • Yeshua/Jesus died on a Roman torture instrument, the cross*, to pay the full and perfect penalty for our sin nature and our sins. Isa was not crucified for humankind's sin according to Islamic scholars.
    • Yeshua/Jesus rose from the grave as a demonstration of God's acceptance of His sacrifice and ascended to heaven in a transformed body where He sits at the right hand of our heavenly Father interceding for His Followers. Isa was not and does not according to the Qur'an) .
    • Yeshua/Jesus will judge the behaviour of all non-Followers of HIM after their death. This judgement in the Qur'an is reserved to the Islamic deity, Allah.
    • Yeshua/Jesus will return bodily to earth at a pre-determined end of time date that only God knows. Then: "Every knee in heaven and earth and under the earth will bow and every tongue will confess that the Messiah, Yeshua/Jesus, is LORD". (Philippians 2) He will rule and reign with His Followers forever in a New Heaven and a New Earth. According to the Qur'an, Isa will be the servant of the Prophet Mohammad at the end of the age. According to tradition believed by many Sunni and Shi'a Muslims, the end-time activities of Yeshua/Jesus described in the Bible will be performed by "The Twelfth Imam", "The Mahdi".
    
    "The Islamic 'Isa' is not the Christian 'Jesus' nor the Jewish 'Yeshua'!" ~ gfp '42™
    
    * "That Yeshua/Jesus was crucified is as sure as anything historical can ever be, since both Josephus and Tacitus, contemporary secular historians, agree with the Christian accounts on at least that basic fact.
    gfp (2011-11-24)
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• My wife and I had been working with Muslims for years and were aware of this training, commonly referred to as the Insider Movement.
• when I first read about Insider Movements, I had the same reaction she did. I was hopeful and excited.
• Could this be the tool that causes a spiritual awakening in the Muslim world? Over time, as we continued our ministry to Muslims in the Middle East, I realized the answer to my question was "No, it will not."
• The Insider Movement (IM) remains a hot topic in missions circles.
• This issue is extremely complicated and extremely important, making it difficult to write about.

• Rebecca Lewis, a proponent, defines the IM as follows:

   

  Insider movements can be defined as movements to obedient faith in Christ that remain integrated with or inside their natural community. In any insider movement there are two distinct elements:
• This definition is broad and can be interpreted many different ways---which is one of the difficulties in pinpointing the teachings of the movement.
• those opposed to IM seem to assume that proponents are syncretistic heretics.
• The IM advocates I've met are wonderful people.
• They are winsome, intelligent people who love the Lord and want to see Muslims saved.
• we need to address the dangerous practices within the movement, which varies to some degree from person to person and country to country. Therefore, my critique may not apply to all IMs. Nevertheless, the following key issues need to be addressed.
• Some argue that God used Muhammad to bring monotheism to the Arabs---a kind of John the Baptist for the Arabs. This is a dangerous concession.
• Rejecting Muhammad as a prophet does not require denigrating him before Muslims; it means we should not say more than necessary.
• We can be respectful and identify the positive contributions he made to society without agreeing that he is a prophet.
• many other IM advocates believe the gospel can be found within the Qur'an, if you correctly interpret the text. But the gospel cannot be found in the Qur'an, because the Qur'an did not come to us through the inspiration of God as found in the Bible.
• There is also an arrogant attitude---almost imperialistic---involved in this assertion.
• IM practitioners seek to keep new followers of Jesus within their socio-religious networks. For support their cite various texts in the Bible (1 Corinthians 7:17-24, 9:19-23; 2 Kings 5:15-19). Therefore, a Muslim who follows Jesus remains a Muslim.
• I agree that Muslims who follow Christ shouldn't be required to take on the name "Christian."
• We find among many IM advocates a belief that Islam can be redeemed---we should not abandon the religion but rather change it from within and welcome it into orthodoxy.
• How Islamic can Christianity be? Can a Muslim who now follows Jesus fast during Ramadan? Can a Muslim who follows Jesus use the Islamic prayer stances? Where do we draw the line? These are tough questions.
• While the word Christian can have a very negative connotation among Muslims, encouraging MBBs to retain the title "Muslim" can be confusing at best and deceptive at worst. Advocates for using the title "Muslim" argue that it literally means "one who submits to God." This is semantically true. However, the word connotes much more---namely, one who follows the religion of Islam by confessing, "There is no God but God and Muhammad is his prophet."
• I never encourage MBBs to retain the title Muslim. Nor do I encourage them to take the title Christian.
• Recent Bible translations for Muslims have created a frenzy by moving "Father" and "Son" language about the Trinity from the text to the footnotes.
• What if the only understood meaning is physical and sexual? How do we translate without losing or grossly misrepresenting the biblical meaning?
• the decisions about how to make the Bible comprehensible in other cultures are not easy or made lightly.
• Some in the IM prefer to talk about Muslims "entering the kingdom of God" as opposed to "joining" Christianity.
• emphasis on the kingdom of God can downplay the importance of the church.
• We should view as suspect any form of church planting that does not seek to connect believers with the universal body of Christ and promote unity.

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• Matthew 10:15-21
• Matthew 10:15-21

  • Christian: Great Evil Lurks Around You ...Know What To Do?
    
    In Matthew 10:16-18 of the God's New Covenant, Jesus (Yeshua) warns His first plus His present day Followers that the world is filled with demonically-inspired evil and evil people.
    
    And this situation may be even worse in our modern world for many reason including the greater nearness of the end-of-days and Satan's desperation to keep as many as possible separated from Father God. Overt persecution is a current, ever-present experience in Canada for Christians ...especially active Jesus Followers. This is also true in the U.S.
    
    The Lord shares here how Jesus Followers should behave in dealing with others in the cruel and hostile environment in which they must live and work as ambassadors of God's loving Kingdom that will come in its fullness some day ...sooner than many Christians believe.
    
    We are to do so, however, in the context of Jesus' over-arching command to love others.
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• I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so ^[a]be ^(E)shrewd as serpents and ^(F)innocent as doves.

  • Jesus Followers are commanded here to exercise discernment and wisdom, in the context of our Master's over-arching command to demonstrate and exercise gentle, peaceable love, while relating to family, friends, neighbours and work colleagues throughout our daily lives.
    
    We must love others regardless of what they do or say as noted in John 13:34-35 at http://diigo.com/0l8po . This is especially true when dealing with those of other faiths and sharing Jesus' Gospel because we are His ambassadors here on planet earth. We must NEVER forget that we live in a foreign Kingdom under the influence of Satan who hates everybody, especially Jesus Followers.
    
    Jesus' command and why He shares it here is important to remember, every day, in view of the aggressive and widespread advance of radical, violent Islam throughout the world and the current Islamization of Canada and the dangers here of Islamism that Prime Minister Harper warned about in his Sept. 9, 2011 interview on CBC TV at http://diigo.com/0koug .
    
    Abroad also, Christians worldwide are currently experiencing organized and Government-sponsored or, at least, unopposed genocide in most Muslim-dominated countries. Christians are persecuted heavily by Hindus in some countries, like India, as well. For more information to pray and give effectively to support persecuted brothers and Sisters I recommend http://www.BaranabasAid.org as a trust-worthy organization. They specialize in helping the persecuted church.
    
    Jesus' warning takes on a powerful and troublesome other dimension in the modern world. Many Christians do NOT appreciate it because they forget the companion warning to this one that our God left for Jesus Followers. Holy Spirit inspired Jude to caution the Body of Christ (Messiah) about rwhat he and other Bible writers called "false teachers" at http://diigo.com/0neqs .
    
    Anti-Christ, false teachers often were, Jude warns, in the pulpits and pews of some First Century gatherings ('churches' in mistranslated Greek in your Bible) and still today in the Twenty-first Century.
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• beware of men, for they will hand you over to the ^(G)courts

  • North Americans live in two of the most free nations in the world. But, our freedom of assembly, conscience and religion is being compromised and reduced almost daily. The kind of persecution Jesus mentions in this verse is daily taking place in many arenas in Canada, right now. In addition to personal persecution, Jesus Followers suffer it also through the rulings of courts and Human Rights Commissions populated by liberal humanists who are opposed to or Saviour and His message. This is equally true in the U.S.
    Those with "eyes to see and ears to hear" know our opposition is being more and more successful in persecuting us ...as I write. Can harsher persecution be far behind given the hatred of Satan and the nature of wo(man)?
    In addition, Islamists and their organizations, like "The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)", use Canadian federal and provincial hate laws and the provisions of our Human Rights Codes to harass and suppress Canadians legitimate freedoms of speech and religion for which Canadian soldiers have fought and died. I call this Islamist activity 'Lawfare'.
    Violent Islamists and their supporters also use our own laws to enhance Islamization of Canada and the promotion of radical Islam and Shari'ah Law here. They are often successful in using twisted charges of Islamophobia ('liefare') against true statements in front of liberal, politically-correct judges and human rights commissioners.
    You'll find a politically-correct article about what's happening in Canada re the push to implement Shari'ah in the article "Shariah law: FAQs". It's pblished by Canada's liberal-oriented Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It's at http://is.gd/3zDc4 . The Marion Boyd referred to in the article who reported on Shari'ah's suitability for application in Ontario is a lawyer who is a radical feminist and lesbian. She is not known for supporting Christianity.
    You can learn what's happening elsewhere and the model being followed by Islamists in CAN and the U.S. in the article, "Shari'a Making Inroads in the West" at http://is.gd/QhhpFH .
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• as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles

  • Please note that how Jesus Followers behave when treated unfairly and persecuted can be used by God to glorify Himself and His Name ...not us or ours. Our great reward is promised for heaven, if not sooner, in Matthew 5:10-11 at http://diigo.com/0kmjn .
    
    To the Jews of Jesus' time, the pejorative word 'Gentile' meant 'unBeliever' or 'non-Jew'. A synonym for Gentile, which was sometimes used by the Jews, was "Greeks".
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• do not worry

  • Please note that "don't worry", "don't fret" and "don't be afraid" are constant, often-recurring refrains throughout the Bible.
    
    They are because Jesus Followers don't have to worry, fret or be afraid regardless of the challenges, temptations and trials that God allows to come into our lives. We don't because our loving Heavenly Father will NEVER allow anything to touch us that doesn't, first, pass through His fingers, first, and accompanied by the strength and power to overcome what He permits in our lives as He promises in 1 Corinthians 10:13 at http://diigo.com/0jmgy .
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• Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and ^(M)children will rise up against parents and ^[b]cause them to be put to death

  • This warning was made by Jesus not just for His First Century Followers but also for we modern ones. The kind of treachery He describes in this verse takes place today throughout the world ...especially in Muslim-dominated countries where persecution and actual genocide of Christians is rampant and wide-spread.
    
    Treachery of all kinds, including intra-family, internecine betrayal, will be even more prevalent as these "end-of-times days" draw to a close and we enter the time of the "Great Tribulation" described in the Bible!
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