missions and godly persecution

everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ will be persecuted. if that hasn't happened to you i would start living a godly life. not your own godliness but one that comes from God by faith. anyone who desires to be a true missionary will suffer tribulation. its a fact. in romans 8 it says that all day long we're considered sheep to be slaughtered. if this isn't happening in your faith then your faith is dead at this point. sadly to say. in 2 corinthians in the beginning it talks about suffering and even feeling the sentence of death in yourselves. in james towards the end it talks about suffering and speaks of job. job suffered for months on end, hoped for light but darkness and slimepits covered his paths. he lost everything except for His faith and his God. in 1 Peter the scripture talks about suffering in Christ, the sufferings that paul desires as he speaks in phillipians 3. in luke 8 Jesus speaks of the parable of the seed. some people fall away when persecution tribulation and temptation arise. there were 5000 men when Jesus fed them in John 6(they all wanted to make him king by force). it even says somewhere that the whole world was going after Him. in acts 1 the holy spirit says that there were only 120 disciples in the end. an example of people falling away would be in john 8 when jesus addresses the jews who believed in him and after testing wanted to stone him because they could not accept his word. another is in john 6 when the men no longer follow Jesus after he gives them the command about the Lord's supper. two of the greatest examples of this parable of the seed being fufilled for those who are persecuted are in Jeremiah when the isralites commit apostacy and jeruselam is burned and destroyed and the covenant is later broken on the cross of christ when the curtain in the temple is torn in two. the other is in matthew 24, and 2 thessalonians 2 when the falling away comes and those in this side of the cross betray and hate each other after persecution. in hebrews 6 the scripture says that if anyone has tasted the goodness of the word of God and commit apostacy they can never regain repentence. gratefully for them all things work together for good for those who are called so these select few cannot fall away. because in that passage the scripture gives assurance of salvation. "we feel sure of better things, things that belong to salvation" and in hebrews 11..."faith is the assurance of things hoped for" so basically these people cant fall away. if you want to become a missionary you will suffer and take the passsages above for an example that only few find the road to life. but be zealous to confirm your call and election and you'll never fall away(2 peter chapter 1)