Facing Persecution: Mark 13:9-13

1. Why does the world persecute?
(Mk 13:9, 12-13; cf. Jn 11:48; Ac 5:17-18; 16:16ff; 19:1ff; Jn 3:20)

2. Why does God allow persecution?
(Mk 13:9-13; cf. Ac 8:1, 4; Phil 1:12-14)

3. What is our calling in the face of persecution?
(13.9" class="scriptRef">Mk 13:9, 11, 13; cf. Mk 8:34-35)