People: They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?”
Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed, as they had been, was completed (Rev. 5:1, 6-9 NIV)
They overcame [the Accuser] by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony… Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell on the earth. (Rev. 12:11, 12 NIV)
[When His people were in slavery] the LORD said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt, I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.” (Exodus 3:7 NIV)
For in all their affliction, He was afflicted. (Isaiah 63:9 NASB)
Today we are called to remember our persecuted brothers and sisters who cry out to the Lord in their distress and to “speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.” (Prov. 31:8 NIV)
We are called to “remember them that are in bonds as if bound with them and those who are mistreated as if we ourselves are suffering.” (Hebrews 13:3 NIV)
We hear the call of God’s Word to stand side by side with those who are exposed to insult and persecuted for the sake of the Lord. (from Hebrews 10:32-33)
He weighs our hearts and He protects our lives, and He will judge us according to what we have done. (from Prov. 24:11, 12)
This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. (1 John 3:11 NIV)
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. (from John 15:13)
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need, but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth. (1 John 3:16-18 NIV)
ALL: FOR WE KNOW, THAT IN AS MUCH AS WE HAVE DONE UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WE HAVE DONE IT UNTO HIM. (from Matthew 25:31-46)