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Joseph, Mary & Jesus flee to Egypt . . . |
Matt. 2:13 |
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Jesus hears that John had been taken into custody and withdraws
to Galilee . . . |
Matt. 4:12 |
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Pharisees counsel how they might destroy Jesus and Jesus, aware
of this, withdraws from there . . . |
Matt. 12:14-15 |
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A crowd rose up, cast Him out of the city, and led Him to the
brow of the hill in order to throw Him down the cliff. But Jesus
slipped through their midst . . . |
Luke 4:29-30 |
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Jesus was unwilling to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking
to kill Him . . . |
John 7:1 |
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They planned together to kill Him, so Jesus therefore no longer
continued to walk publicly among the Jews. . . |
John 11:53-54 |
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The ethnarch of the Damascenes plotted to kill Paul. So Paul's
disciples helped him escape by lowering him in a large basket
over a wall . . . |
Acts 9:24-25
2 Cor. 11:32 |
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Saul led a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem;
and they scattered to the regions of Judea and Samaria, except
the apostles . . . |
Acts 8:1 |
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Proverbs also has a few words for us.
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The prudent sees the evil and hides himself, But the naive go
on, and are punished for it. (NASB) Prov. 22:3
A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, The naive proceed and
pay the penalty. Prov. 27:12 |
Principle. The principle we can learn from these passages is that Christians will suffer, but God does not expect us to seek suffering, nor does He expect us to remain in an environment of suffering. There are times when there is no choice but to remain and suffer. There are times when Christian children suffer from non-Christian parents. There are times when Christian wives and husbands are married to non-Christian spouses and God wants them to remain (1 Cor. 7). But when it comes to a job situation where you can leave and you want to leave, you are free to leave unless God blocks your doors of opportunity.
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