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Christians persecuted



I have heard that more Christians have been killed for their faith in the twentieth and twenty-first century, than were killed in the previous centuries from the first century onward. You may come from a part of the world where you are in constant danger because of your faith.  We should not shrink back from such a fate but be proud to honour our Lord Jesus.  What a waste of a death just to die in your bed at ninety.  What a tremendous privilege to die because we are proclaiming the gospel.  Someone once said, “If they decided to try you for being a follower of Jesus would there be enough evidence to convict you?”  That is a sobering thought.  We so often keep our heads down below the parapet for fear of being shot at. My love to all brothers and sisters for whom this is a present reality. I sit cozily in my home in Britain with no present fear of these things.  However this could change rapidly. We should all be aware of how we have sat back and let our countries degenerate in morality and become more and more atheistic. We are building our future and it does not look good.

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