July 12.2014: Lesson 1 A high price for faith TheLoft: “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith”…Hebrews 12:2.

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July : Lesson 1 A high price for faith TheLoft: “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith”…Hebrews 12:2

scripture story Matthew 24 &2 Timothy 3:12

This weeks reading Love under Fire ch.1 & ch. 2

What do you think? Put the following in order…which are you most willing to die for? Theological doctrines Your personal faith Your family Your friends Your civil rights Your country Someone else's rights Stopping the suffering of another person

Persecution Persecution to the early Christians does not exist in North America today. We oftentimes think of ourselves as persecuted when someone disagrees with us or declines to give us a job if we aren’t able to work on Sabbath. (That’s more accurately described as religious discrimination.) But the kind of persecution that the early believers endured was different. They faced death—horrible, brutal deaths. In other parts of the world Christians still face persecution in its truest sense. They risk their lives and the lives of their families in order to worship God. They are willing to die in order to follow the law of God. Now that is devotion! (To see what the Adventist Church is doing to fight religious discrimination and persecution, visit

Hypothetical Situations Situation 1: You see someone you love in a burning building. You know that if you run in to save them, you will likely die, but they will live. If you don’t, they will die and you will live.

Hypothetical Situations Situation 2: You are told that you will be killed unless you deny your belief in Jesus. Which situation are you truthfully more inclined to die for? Why might this be?

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Jesus is worth giving our lives for…