And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. - Mark 4:17. Persecution arise against the believer for one main reason, that is, to get the Word of God out of the individual, as soon as it's received, so that the word does not bear root. However, we have the sole responsibility to protect that seed which is the Word of God, because it contain in it, life. That's why the devil is against the Word bearing root. Matthew 7:24-25 says, "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock." The rain of life will come against everyone, floods and winds (notice they are plural) will also beat hard against you (you are the ho...
"But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:" 2 Corinthians 4:3