MARTYRDOM
MARTYRDOM
- Is death endured for the word of God, and testimony of Christ # Re 6:9 20:4
- SAINTS 2a) Forewarned of
# Mt 10:21 24:9 Joh 16:2
2b) Should not fear # Mt 10:28 Re 2:10 2c) Should be prepared for # Mt 16:24,25 Ac 21:13 2d) Should resist sin to # Heb 12:4 3) Reward of # Re 2:10 6:11 4) Inflicted at the instigation of the devil # Re 2:10,13 5) The Apostasy guilty of inflicting # Re 17:6 18:24 6) Of saints, shall be avenged # Lu 11:50,51 Re 18:20-24 7) Exemplified 7a) Abel # Ge 4:8 1Jo 3:12 7b) Ahimelech and his fellow priests # 1Sa 22:18,19 7c) Prophets and Saints of old # 1Ki 18:4 19:10 Lu 11:50,51 Heb 11:37 7d) Urijah # Jer 26:23 7e) John the Baptist # Mr 6:27 7f) Peter # Joh 21:18,19 7g) Stephen # Ac 7:58 7h) Christians # Ac 9:1 22:4 26:10 7i) James # Ac 12:2 7j) Antipas # Re 2:13