Persecution

Matthew 13:18-23

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁸ “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: ¹⁹ When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. ²⁰ The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. ²¹ But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.²² The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. ²³ But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”

Persecution and tribulation comes to steal the word from you. I have heard people ask why do they keep getting harassed by random people or by those whom they thought were their friends and why do they constantly go through issues with people and circumstances. Pastor Drew had answered with Matthew 13:18-23. Whenever you receive any word knowledge such as how to say what you want, claim it and believe it, the enemy, Satan, will them test you to see if you really believe what heard/read and throw some persecution your way by having a close friend tell you that you won’t have something that you had already claimed or was going to claim and believe. The enemy picks up on your weaknesses and will try to trip you up on your walk with God because for obvious reasons, he doesn’t want you to inherit the Kingdom of God.

If the enemy can get you to lose faith in the word of God he can then isolate you from the body of Christ and bring you back into the world where the rest of the unsaved are struggling to get things and to keep what they have.

You must not let any attacks that come your way to get you off course, do not get offended by anything people do or say and understand that they are just being used as ploys to get to go in the wrong direction.