Daily Bible Reading: Matthew 22, read in full from the World English Bible (WEB).

Matthew 22 begins with a wedding feast for the king's son, where the invited guests make light of the call and the doors are thrown open to everyone, yet one man comes without wedding clothing. The invitation is free, but it must be received on the king's terms. Then the Pharisees, the Herodians and the Sadducees each try to trap Jesus, and each time His answer leaves them silent: give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's, and God is the God of the living, not of the dead. When a lawyer asks which commandment is greatest, Jesus says to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind, and to love your neighbour as yourself. He ends by asking the question that matters most, what do you think of the Christ, and whose son is He? David calls Him Lord, because He is both David's son and David's Lord.

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Daily Bible Reading: Matthew 21, read in full from the World English Bible (WEB).

Matthew 21 opens with the King of Zion coming to Jerusalem, humble and riding on a donkey, exactly as the prophet said. The crowds spread their cloaks and cry Hosanna to the son of David, and Jesus goes straight to the temple, drives out the buyers and sellers, and says that His house shall be called a house of prayer. The blind and the lame come to Him there and are healed, and the children go on praising Him while the chief priests grumble. The fig tree with only leaves warns us that a show of religion is not the fruit God wants, and Jesus tells His disciples that whatever they ask in prayer, believing, they will receive. Then He answers the question of His authority with parables: the son who said no and went, the son who said yes and did not, and the farmers who killed the vineyard owner's son. The stone the builders rejected has become the head of the corner, and it is the LORD's doing, marvellous in our eyes.

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Persecution of Christians is not a distant story. Preparing for Persecution by Keith Whiting is read here in full as a feature documentary, and it asks what the church in the West should do now.

A WORD ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Keith Whiting wrote Preparing for Persecution, and this film exists because he did. In his preface he explains why he began it: he saw severe persecution getting close, and saw that many believers in western nations were very unprepared for what was coming. So he wrote the book he wished someone had written for him.

The ten chapters and four appendices that follow are his work. The order they move in and the arguments they make are his, not ours. Thank you, Keith. Thank you for putting this down on paper, and for giving the body of Christ a way to get ready.

The book opens on the warning Jesus gave in Matthew 24:10, that many would fall away, and on the danger of being unprepared when persecution suddenly comes. From there it traces the pattern: the apostles, the Roman empire, the dark ages, the Reformation, and the world today. Open Doors keeps its World Watch List on the fifty countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution, and that list keeps growing. "Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution." (2 Timothy 3:12, WEB)

Then the preparation, chapter by chapter. Assurance of salvation. Counting the cost. Overcoming fear. Knowing the Bible. Prayer without ceasing. Fellowship. Focusing on eternity. Persevering to the end. Learning from the persecuted. Preparing physically.

The four appendices are the most practical part. Appendix One works through a passage in its context. Appendix Two sets out God's redemptive plan from Genesis to Revelation. Appendix Three gives an actual daily method for memorising Scripture, and Appendix Four lays out Revelation 1 in phrases you can learn by heart.

Read in full, for anyone who would rather be ready than surprised.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Preparing for Persecution
1:16 Preface
3:00 Introduction
11:30 Chapter One: Are you absolutely Certain?
15:20 Chapter Two: Count the Cost
23:36 Chapter Three: Overcome Fear
29:59 Chapter Four: Know the Bible
50:48 Chapter Five: Pray without ceasing
56:24 Chapter Six: Fellowship
1:10:05 Chapter Seven: Focus on Eternity
1:15:26 Chapter Eight: Persevere to the End
1:18:34 Chapter Nine: Learn from the Persecuted
1:20:08 Chapter Ten: Prepare physically
1:21:59 Appendix One: Example of Checking the Context
1:24:20 Appendix Two: God's Redemptive Plan for Mankind
1:33:00 Appendix Three: Method for memorising Scripture
1:34:04 Appendix Four: Revelation 1 in phrases for memorising
1:37:53 Closing and credits

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The book quotes the English Standard Version. The Scripture in this film is read from the World English Bible (WEB), which is public domain.

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