Struck Down But Unconquered
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Indian Christian leaders have urged the government to ensure justice and protection for Christians following at least 23 reported incidents of anti-Christian violence in the last two months. This includes an attack where a mob of 50 Hindus surrounded a church and beat two Christian women with wooden clubs and sticks, leaving them seriously injured and unconscious. The document discusses Paul's experience of persecution including being beaten, pelted with stones, and shipwrecked, but finding strength and hope through Christ who gives victory.
Struck Down But Unconquered
- 1. ‘Struck down but unconquered’ Study passage 2 Corinthians Suffering Church action week
- 2. We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life Apostle Paul’s experience of pressure
- 3. We are hard pressed on every side 2 Cor 4:8a Apostle Paul’s experience of pressure Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches
- 5. India’s Christian leaders are urging the country’s governments to “ensure justice and protection” after at least 23 incidents of anti- Christian violence were recorded in the last two months
- 6. 2 Christian women, sustained serious injuries and were left unconscious when a mob of over 50 Hindu radicals surrounded a church building in an Indian village on 8 September, attacking these women with wooden clubs and sticks
- 7. 5x I received … the 40 lashes minus one 3x I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, 3x I was shipwrecked …. in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles … and in danger from false Apostle Paul’s experience of persecution
- 8. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body Apostle Paul’s experience of persecution
- 9. We pray that they won’t:- • despair despite persecution • feel abandoned by God or us • be destroyed even when knocked down • The life of Jesus will be demonstrated through their We pray that:-
- 10. He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. On Him we have set our hope that He will continue to deliver us 2 Cor 1:10 Paul trusts God would continue to deliver him
- 11. I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it Matthew 16:18b In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world John 16:33
- 12. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor 15:57 If you were accused of being a Christian in a court of law, would there be enough evidence to convict you?