Summary: Enduring faith in the face of persecution and trials. Believers can stand firm not through their own strength, but through the power of Christ. The message highlights God's promises, the importance of fixing our eyes on Jesus, and the joy set before us in eternity. Pastor Dave encourages Christians to live surrendered lives, reflecting Christ's nature and enduring because of their identity in Him.

Topics Discussed:

Endure to the End | Tribulation & Immense Suffering Foretold | Witnessing Opposite Reactions to Murders in Our Society | Animosity with Violence & Lawlessness | Good & Evil Flipped | Men Doing Right In Their Own Eyes | Moving Away from Truth Moves Hatred to Murder | Don't Capitulate to Doing What's Right | Europe Infiltrated with Islam | Move to World Wide Sharia Law | Temptation to Hide & Be Silent | But He Who Endures to the End Will Be Saved | Lot of People Profess to Be Christians but Their Lives Didn't Transform & Have No Fruit | Persecution of Christians from the Beginning | Scattered All Over the World | We Are Kept Secure through Faith by Power of God | God Will Give Us the Power to Do What He is Calling Us to Do | Spirit of God Will Speak For His People When Delivered Up | Don't Worry What to Say | Step Out in Faith | God's Promise to Seal Us & Regenerate Us | To Escape the World's Corruption Through Lust | Trust God's Promises | Broken Peter Was Restored & Empowered by God | Our Faith in Jesus Will Overcome the World | Rest in Jesus's Hands | Trials Reveal Authenticity of Our Faith | Difficulties Perfect Our Faith | Truth Leads to Endurance | Bearing Courageously with Patience | Love Grace and Mercy of God Compels Us to Endurance | The Lord is Worthy of All Our Suffering & Enduring Persecution | Stand for Jesus Christ | Good Soil Bears Fruit | Our Faith Will Be Tested | Have Confidence in God's Promises | Jesus is Author & Finisher of Our Faith | He is with Us Always | Jesus Endured the Cross for the Joy Set Before Him | Jesus Did It for Love for Us & to Glorify the Father | Opportunity to Suffer for Jesus is Limited to Our Life Here | Set Your Mind on Jesus | Joy Set Before Us | Jesus is Coming | Rest in His Grace Mercy Power & Love | We Are Not Working for Our Salvation but Out of Being Saved |

Key Points:

- Persecution and hatred towards Christians is increasing in the world
- Believers are called to endure trials and stand firm in their faith
- Our ability to endure comes from God's power, not our own strength
- We are kept by God's power through faith for salvation
- Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith
- We should arm ourselves with the mind of Christ, willing to suffer for His sake
- The joy set before us in eternity helps us endure present trials
- True endurance is a result of being born again and having God's nature within us

Scripture Reference:
- Matthew 24:13 - "But he who endures to the end shall be saved."
- Hebrews 12:1-2 - Running the race with endurance, looking unto Jesus

Stories:

- Pastor Dave's personal experience debating evolution in a college class
- The recent assassination of Charlie Kirk and his wife's forgiveness response
- Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, sweating drops of blood
- David's trials and his response in Psalm 73:26

Matthew 24:1-14 | Matthew 26:25 | Matthew 16:27 | 1 Peter 1:5 | 2 Peter 1:3 | Matthew 10:19-20 | 2 Peter 1:4 | John 16:33 | John 10:28 | John 6:37 | 1 Peter 1:7 | 1 John 5:4-5 | Hebrews 10:35-36 | 2 Timothy 2:10 | Hebrews 12:1-2 | 1 Peter 4:1 | 1 Peter 1:8 | 1 Peter 4:13 | Psalm 73:26 | Psalm 16:8-11

Endure To The End | Matthew 24:13 | 09-23-2025 | Midweek Bible Study | Pastor Dave Westerlund

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