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Hi everyone. 
Welcome back again. 

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To daily gospel exegesis. 
We're continuing in the gospel 

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of Matthew today. 
A really fascinating gospel are 

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very Jewish one. 
And we're looking at Matthew 

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chapter 10, verses 17 to 22. 
So I will start by reading the 

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text and then we'll have a go at
looking at what the text might 

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mean on the literal level. 
Jesus instructed. 

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The 12 as follows, beware of 
men, they will hand you over to 

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sanhedrin's and Scourge you in 
their synagogues. 

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You'll be dragged before, 
Governors and Kings, for my sake

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to Bear witness before them and 
the pagans. 

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But when they hand you over, do 
not worry about how to speak, or

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what to say, what you are to say
will be given to you when the 

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time comes because it is not 
you, who will be speaking. 

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The spirit of your father will 
be speaking in. 

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You brother will betray brother 
to death and the father. 

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His child children will rise 
against their parents and have 

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them put to death. 
You'll be hated by all men on 

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account of my name, but the man 
who stands firm to the end will 

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be saved. 
So Jesus says these words in the

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context of a long speech that 
he's giving his 12 Apostles. 

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So the audience is the 12 
apostles. 

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Not all Christians are not even 
all disciples actually, it's 

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just his 12 Apostles because 
there's about to send them out 

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on a special mission. 
Now, part of this speech is, 

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he's giving them instructions 
about how they should go into 

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the towns that they're about to 
go into around Israel, but he 

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also gives them some warnings 
about difficulties. 

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They're going to face a little 
bit later down the road, when 

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Jesus is gone and they're 
continuing their preaching, all 

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around the world. 
So there's a bit of both mixed 

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in here. 
So the immediate Omission that 

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they're about to go on and their
future missions as well. 

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Verse 17, beware of men, they 
will hand you over to send 

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hedron's and Scourge you in 
their synagogues. 

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Now we know that that did happen
in the book of Acts, so a lot of

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what we're about to hear happen 
in the book of Acts so Jewish 

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councils or sanhedrin's, their 
job was to maintain public 

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order. 
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some sort of Jewish Council and 
if people would making causing a

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disturbance in their town, the 
Jewish council could impose 

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punishments. 
The Jewish leaders, if you look 

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at the book of Acts, they were 
not impressed when the apostles 

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went around preaching, in the 
name of Jesus. 

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And so many of the apostles were
punished by the Jewish councils 

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as a result. 
So Jesus first he says 

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sanhedrin's the do the Jewish 
leaders will punish you and now 

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Verse 18. 
He says you'll be dragged before

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Governors and Kings for my sake.
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Acts, they you, the apostles 
begin to be persecuted by the 

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Romans, as well. 
And Jesus goes on to say that 

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all of that has to happen to the
apostles as part of their 

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preaching, in order to Bear 
witness before them. 

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And the pagans and pagans is 
just another word for Gentiles. 

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So Jesus says, all of this is 
going to happen, but you must do

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it. 
You must be brought before their

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councils and kings in order to 
preach the kingdom of God even 

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to the Gentiles. 
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surprising for the apostles to 
here, because they probably 

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thought the kingdom of God was 
mostly going to be for the Jews.

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But here Jesus says, one day 
you're going to end up or for 

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Pagan rulers as well. 
Verse 19, when they hand you 

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over, do not worry about how to 
speak, or what to say, what you 

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are to say will be given to you 
when the time comes. 

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Now this is a verse that's often
misquoted and mishandled. 

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This is not advice for all 
Christians. 

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Jesus is not teaching for all 
Christians when they're in a 

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difficult situation. 
Don't prepare words or don't 

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prepare your sermon or something
because the holy spirit will 

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give you the words. 
No, this is not a command for 

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all Christians. 
It's for the Twelve Apostles in 

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the coming years and 
particularly the apostolic age, 

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which had a unique set of 
circumstances. 

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When the Holy Spirit was doing 
some unique things, Jesus says 

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that, for those 12 Apostles, 
they will have the special 

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guidance of the holy spirit in 
those situations. 

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And you see that when you look 
at the book of Acts, they do 

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these Grand Majestic speeches 
when they're brought before the 

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leaders. 
Verse 20, the spirit of your 

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father will be speaking in you. 
So this is a promise to the 

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apostles, he's giving them hope 
and comfort amidst. 

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All the bad news is just given 
them. 

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He says, but the holy spirit 
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So it's something that they can 
look forward to. 

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This is one of the few mentions 
of the Holy Spirit In The Gospel

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of Matthew, but it's a real 
prophecy. 

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Jesus says, the spirit is 
coming. 

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And we know that in this time of
cover dental transition. 

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So in the book of Acts basically
the Holy Spirit was very active 

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and it gave the apostles words 
to say which amazed the rulers, 

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notice the degree of suffering. 
The Jesus warns, his Apostles 

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that they're going to experience
is really quite specific about 

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telling the apostles what's 
going to happen to them. 

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But also he balances that with 
telling them the degree of Glory

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that they're going to have and 
the influence they going to 

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have. 
In spreading the kingdom of God,

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Jesus places. 
A lot of emphasis on the 

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ministry of the Apostles, we 
often miss that because we 

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sometimes group ourselves, as 
though Jesus is talking to all 

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Christians in some of these 
speeches, a lot of the gospels, 

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he's talking to the 12 apostles 
and the instructions, he gives 

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our for the apostolic age only 
that might make us a bit 

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uncomfortable but that does 
appear to be the case that a lot

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of what Jesus says at least is 
directed at the apostles for 

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their particular. 
Ministry early on but certainly 

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not everything. 
Jesus says, if it's under that 

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category for example, The Sermon
on the Mount is probably 

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directed at all Christians. 
First 21, brother will betray 

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brother to death now, it gets 
even more serious. 

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So, Jesus he says that after, 
he's gone. 

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Well, rather, let's look at it 
this way. 

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We know that after Jesus was 
gone some members of a family 

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would become Christians. 
But others, wouldn't? 

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They would stay as Jews. 
And as a result, the Christians 

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were often persecuted by family 
members and the family members 

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would hand over the Christian 
family, member to the 

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authorities. 
Sounds brutal. 

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But that's really what happened 
because they considered becoming

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a Christian as treason against 
God. 

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And Jesus says, brother will 
betray brother to death. 

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So he's prophesying that some of
his Apostles would be killed for

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their faith and history tells 
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We can't be certain, but it 
appears that many of the 

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apostles were martyred for their
faith. 

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And certainly many other 
disciples were, as well often 

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because they were handed over by
their family members. 

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Verse 22. 
You will be hated by all men on 

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account of my name. 
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of Everything. 
Jesus has just said, he said, 

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the Jews are going to hate you. 
The Romans are going to hate 

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you. 
Even your own families are going

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to hate you. 
Boss. 

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The man who stands firm will be 
saved. 

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Again, this is for the Apostle. 
So Jesus says to the apostles 

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that if they keep the faith and 
they do not deny Jesus, in the 

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apostolic age, despite 
persecution, They will receive 

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eternal life. 
Towards the end of this speech, 

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Jesus is going to revisit this 
theme of eternal life. 

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He's going to say he who 
acknowledges me before, others. 

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I will acknowledge before my 
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before others? 
I will deny before my father. 

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So the teaching of Jesus here is
that the apostles need to 

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maintain the faith and not give 
up on it. 

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No matter even if they're at the
point of death, they have to 

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keep the faith. 
That's how they will inherit 

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eternal life. 
So it's a big responsibility on 

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the apostles. 
So, that's the end of our 

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verse-by-verse exegesis today, 
but this speech is taken from a 

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much longer speech in Matthew 
chapter 10. 

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And we've really only scratched 
the surface here today. 

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So, if you want to hear that 
longer speech and a breakdown 

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verse by verse of that have a 
look through the podcast 

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archives, for week, 14 of 
ordinary time. 

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That's when we go through this 
speech in more detail. 

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Let's look at a few quick 
paragraphs of the catechism 

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paragraph 7 to 8. 
This is an interesting 

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reference. 
Jesus alludes to the spirit in 

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speaking to, Nicodemus, to the 
Samaritan woman and to those who

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take part in the Feast of, 
Tabernacles to his disciples, he

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speaks openly of the spirit in 
connection with prayer. 

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And with the witness, they will 
have to bear. 

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Paragraph 16, one in the 
necessity of Faith. 

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Now, it gets quite serious 
believing in Jesus Christ. 

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And in the one who sent him for 
our Salvation is necessary for 

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obtaining. 
That salvation, since without 

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faith, it is impossible to, 
please God and to attain to The 

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Fellowship of his sons, 
therefore, without faith. 

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No one has ever attained 
justification nor will anyone 

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obtain eternal life, but he who 
endures to the end? 

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Now, in context that phrase, he 
who endures to the end, that is 

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about the apostles needing to 
endure persecution and not give 

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up the faith, but the Catholic 
Church says that applies to all 

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believers as well. 
If we want to achieve salvation,

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we cannot give up on the faith. 
We must endure to the end of our

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life. 
Paragraph 1821. 

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This is about hope we can 
therefore hope in the glory of 

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Heaven, promised by God to those
who love him and do, his will in

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every circumstance, each one of 
us should hope with the grace of

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God to persevere to the end and 
to obtain the joy of Heaven as 

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God's Eternal reward for the 
good works accomplished with the

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grace of Christ. 
So, we'll finish there for 

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today. 
I hope you learn something new. 

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