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When Jesus Observes Our Suffering Part 1

March 20, 2013

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Summary

We don’t know a lot about the New Testament church at Smyrna in what is now modern Turkey. There’s no record of its founding. But what we do know speaks volumes about the opinion Jesus had of this church, and the opinion He has of some of our churches today. Few of us face the persecution inflicted on His followers in Smyrna. What would happen if we did?

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