Persecution is a Reality / “Judging the Judgment” / A Surprise

Persecution is a Reality "…all that live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution" (II Tim. 3:12). In our intercessory prayers we often remember before God Christians being persecuted. In these prayers we are not, I hope, just praying for ourselves and those we know who must endure scorn for their faith, but we are praying especially for those suffering physical persecution -- imprisonment, hunger, torture, beatings, death, etc. Usually, we are not aware personally of such saints, and...