What does Paul promise about persecution and the love of Christ?
Paul promises that persecution is part and parcel of what God has imparted to believers, and that even though they may have to go through such things, as many have, it will never separate them from the love of Christ.
Les explains that persecution is part and parcel of what God has imparted to believers. He notes that when persecution ran rampant, it took 10 times more men to stand up for the slaughter, to be burned at the stake, or to be put on the rack, where bones were broken but the person was not killed. Paul's promise is that even though believers may go through such things, and many have, it will never separate them from the love of Christ. Les contrasts this brief life—at most perhaps 95 or 100 years—with never-ending eternity, while the human race often considers only what it can enjoy here and now.