Lesson: The Faithful Church<br>
Reading: Jesus foretells persecution<br>
Reference: John 15:18-21<br><br>
John 15:18: If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.<br>
John 15:19: If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.<br>
John 15:20: Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.<br>
John 15:21: But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.<br>
(KJV)<br>