Beware, the end is nigh. And Christ already showed us how to handle it. With grace, faith, and commitment to God. We must follow his example.

• We are in for a fight, and we need to prepare to have unswerving resolve in order to experience victory.
• We share in his victory, but we must also share in his suffering.
• Being dead to sin, requires us to live in the present.
• Whether it’s Jesus’ return or the end of our lives, our short time remaining should motivate us to live like Christ.
• They way we love others should hurt a little bit. It should require us to stretch beyond what we think is capable.
• Suffering as a Christian is not “if” but “when”.
• The one thing we can’t do is respond to persecution with retaliation.

1 Peter 4, 1 Peter 3:18, 1 Corinthians 15:55-57, Phil 3:10, Romans 8:17, 2 Timothy 2:12