WHAT'S THE COST?

Jesus, the Jewish Messiah, is urgently preaching and healing with His apostles...   
They can even raise the dead – wow, what power!

Can’t they expect to be treated as heroes?... surely there’s no down-side?        

Beware guys... you will be ‘sheep among wolves’ ...so be ‘wise as serpents, harmless as doves’.

Read Matthew 10 for yourself but here are some observations:

• don’t forget to confess Jesus before men                                                            
• Some Jews called Him Beelzebub - pagan god of the flies. In other words: ‘sh.t-head!’... so don’t expect anything better!

• Jesus ‘came not to send peace but a sword ‘        “Did you say sword?”

• “fear them not” (x3) – just fear God

• you may even have to flee!

• you will be amply rewarded for loyalty under persecution

“Did you say take up your cross?”  “You don’t mean crucifixion do you?”

This is the JEWISH MESSIAH warning His JEWISH disciples: yup, very Jewish with sanhedrims and synagogues - while the Gentiles watch.

How do we know they represent the faithful JEWISH remnant in the End Times? Jesus repeats this in chapter 24...                                                                                       

• “you will be hated of ALL men”
• “he that endureth to the end shall be saved”  

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