Luke 21:16 KJV
And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

Christ tells the disciples what hard things they should suffer for his name’s sake, and encourages them to bear up under their trials, and to go on in their work, notwithstanding the opposition they would meet with. God will stand by you, own you, and assist you. This was remarkably fulfilled after the pouring out of the Spirit, by whom Christ gave his disciples wisdom and utterance. Though we may be losers for Christ, we shall not, we cannot be losers by him in the end. It is our duty and interest at all times, especially in perilous, trying times, to secure the safety of our own souls. It is by Christian patience we keep possession of our own souls and keep out all those impressions that would put us out of temper.

We may view the prophecy before us much as those Old Testament prophecies, which, together with their great object, embrace, or glance at some nearer object of importance to the church.

It becomes those who profess the gospel to strive for it, to use a holy violence in taking the kingdom of heaven. The faith of the gospel is the doctrine of faith or the religion of the gospel. There is that in the faith of the gospel which is worth striving for. If religion is worth anything, it is worth everything. There is much opposition, and there is a need for striving. “A man may sleep and go to hell, but he who will go to heaven must look about him and be diligent.“

The unity and unanimity of Believers become the gospel: Strive together, not strive one with another all of you must strive against the common adversary. One spirit and one mind become the gospel for there are one Lord, one faith, one baptism.
There may be a oneness of heart and affection among Believers, where there is a diversity of judgment and apprehensions about many things.

Steadfastness becomes the gospel: Stand fast in one spirit, with one mind. Be steadfast and immovable by any opposition. It is a shame to Spirituality when the professors of it are off and on, unfixed in their minds, and unstable as water for they will never excel. Those who would strive for the faith of the gospel must stand firm to it.

A sight of Christ will gladden the heart of a disciple at any time; and the more we see of Jesus, the more we shall rejoice. He said, Receive ye the Holy Ghost, thus showing that their spiritual life, as well as all their ability for their work, would be derived from him, and depended upon him.

Every word of Christ which is received in the heart by faith, comes accompanied by this Divine breathing; and without this there is neither light nor life.

Nothing is seen, known, discerned, or felt of God, but through this. After this, Christ directed the apostles to declare the only method by which sin would be forgiven.

This power did not exist at all in the apostles as a power to give judgment, but only as a power to declare the character of those whom God would accept or reject in the day of judgment.

They have clearly laid down the marks whereby a child of God may be discerned and be distinguished from a false professor; and according to what they have declared shall every case be decided in the day of judgment.

One spirit and one mind become the gospel for there are one Lord, one faith, one baptism. Robert a humble obedient servant to Yeshua and his Father in heaven Yahewa.