Missing The Point
There is an outcry for the man in Afghanistan who has converted from Islam to Christianity. Afghan law requires anyone converting to Christianity be put to death and Americans are up in arms trying to save this man’s life. Either I am so thick that I cannot understand the gravity of the situation or I have a glimmer of how God is working through this man.
Early Christians were persecuted for their faith. The Romans frequently used them as theatre in the Coliseum. They were hunted down and put to death but their belief in the teachings of Jesus and their faith that Christ is Lord and the Son of God sustained them. . God finally worked a miracle through Emperor Constantine who brought Christianity to the Roman Empire. The other, larger picture was that people were willing to die for their faith. When someone is so devoted to what they believe in that they are willing to die for it, it tends to get people’s attention. Making a martyr of oneself is a way of demonstrating that you are strong enough in your faith that death is not an issue. You are going to meet your Maker and spend eternity in His Heaven. Wow, that is true faith. When the Holy Spirit gets into your system, it is tough not to let your light so shine before men.
No one wants someone to be put to death for their beliefs. It is an awful thought to die for freedom when you live in a supposed Democracy. As Americans, we are used to religious freedom. It is one of nation’s founding principles. What we fail to understand is that our culture is a little over 200 years old. We are dealing with societies that have been in existence for much longer than that and have much more ingrained societal quirks that we do. Bringing democracy to them is only one step to creating a truly free society. We can lead them to the water, but we cannot enlighten their minds enough to be baptized by that water. That is up to God. Maybe He is providing that opportunity.
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Cobb
Early Christians were persecuted for their faith. The Romans frequently used them as theatre in the Coliseum. They were hunted down and put to death but their belief in the teachings of Jesus and their faith that Christ is Lord and the Son of God sustained them. . God finally worked a miracle through Emperor Constantine who brought Christianity to the Roman Empire. The other, larger picture was that people were willing to die for their faith. When someone is so devoted to what they believe in that they are willing to die for it, it tends to get people’s attention. Making a martyr of oneself is a way of demonstrating that you are strong enough in your faith that death is not an issue. You are going to meet your Maker and spend eternity in His Heaven. Wow, that is true faith. When the Holy Spirit gets into your system, it is tough not to let your light so shine before men.
No one wants someone to be put to death for their beliefs. It is an awful thought to die for freedom when you live in a supposed Democracy. As Americans, we are used to religious freedom. It is one of nation’s founding principles. What we fail to understand is that our culture is a little over 200 years old. We are dealing with societies that have been in existence for much longer than that and have much more ingrained societal quirks that we do. Bringing democracy to them is only one step to creating a truly free society. We can lead them to the water, but we cannot enlighten their minds enough to be baptized by that water. That is up to God. Maybe He is providing that opportunity.
Icool
Cobb
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