How could ‘being persecuted’ be considered a blessing? This is the last message in our series on the beatitude statements of Jesus in Matthew 5. Pastor Darren acknowledges that his life experience does not really qualify him to speak on this topic. And so he simply shares observations about how this statement might apply in our ‘self-pleasing’ culture; pushing us to consider whether in fact ‘being persecuted’ and thus ‘closer to the Kingdom’, might in fact be a blessing.

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