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christian persecution

  1. Christsfreeservant

    White in the Blood of the Lamb

    “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation...
  2. Christsfreeservant

    How Long, O God?

    “When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, ‘O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the...
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    Lampung Local Government (Indonesia) Disallow Build Church Because of Muslim

    Gereja Kristen Kemah Daun Kelurahan Rajabasa Jaya, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia disallow to build their church even though they have fulfill the qualification to build the church. The village authorities (Kelurahan) have not given permission for various reasons. Bandar Lampung is one of the...
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    Muslim Community Rejects Construction of Gamaliel Christian School in Parepare, Indonesia

    Muslim Community Rejects Construction of Gamaliel Christian School in Parepare, Indonesia Even though they had approved and given permission for the construction of the Gamaliel Christian School, the regional government of Parepare City, South Sulawesi, through the Parepare DPRD actually...
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    Christian employees in West Sumatra Indonesia prohibited from worshiping

    Christian employees of an oil palm plantation owned by PT Incasi Raya in the south of Pesisir Selatan Regency, West Sumatra are prohibited from worshiping by the company. This company's employees use tarpaulin for Christian worship. The company argued that traditional institutions in West...
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    Advancing the Gospel of Christ

    “I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my...
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    A Stronghold in Times of Trouble

    Psalms 37:12-15,39-40 ESV “The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him, but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming. “The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is...
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    Muslim Disallow Christian Praying in Deli Serdang, Indonesia

    Muslim residents in Deli Serdang, Indonesia dispersed church congregations who were worshiping in a shophouse in the Tanjung Morawa area. In many areas in Indonesia, minorities such as Christians, Buddhists and others find it difficult to worship even in their own homes. Usually the...
  9. Christsfreeservant

    They Persecute Me Without Cause

    Psalms 119:161-168 ESV "Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil. I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law. Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules. Great peace have...
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    Those Who Work Evil

    Psalms 94:1-7 “O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth! Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve! O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult? They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast. They...
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    Regardless of What our Lips Profess

    Luke 23:44-49 ESV “It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun's light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!’ And...
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    Plans to Kill Him

    John 11:45-48 ESV “Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, ‘What are we to do? For this man...
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    We are Called to Suffer

    Luke 12:49-53 ESV Jesus speaking: “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division...
  14. Christsfreeservant

    The Church Under Fire Book

    I have been reading in the book of Acts for a little while now, and I have been reading about the persecutions of Paul, and the Lord has been reminding me of some of the difficult experiences I have had in my life, in the way of persecutions, and of how many of those parallel the persecutions of...
  15. Christsfreeservant

    Turn from Darkness to Light

    I am continuing with the book of Acts, and I will be quoting from chapter 26 in just a few minutes. But to get us up to speed, where I left off last is when Paul appealed to Caesar (chapter 25, vs. 11). What happened next is that King Agrippa arrived in Caesarea, and to make a long story short...
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    Purwakarta Regent Anne Ratna Mustika closed the church (Indonesia)

    Purwakarta Regent Anne Ratna Mustika closed the church building in Cigelam Village, Purwakarta, West Java. The Ministry of Religion regrets the Regent's decision to disqualify the GKPS church, especially ahead of the Easter celebrations. Referring to SKB 2 Ministers in article 14 paragraph 3...
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    If What I Said is Wrong

    Jesus Christ, the Son of God (and God) had just been betrayed by one of his closest companions, Judas, who turned him over to the authorities to be arrested and to be put on trial, as though he was guilty of committing a crime. And so Judas came with a detachment of soldiers and some officials...
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    Worth it All

    In Context (John 13-15) It was right before Jesus’ betrayal, arrest, and crucifixion. At what is called “The Last Supper,” Jesus washed his disciples feet, and he proclaimed to his disciples that one of them would betray him, which was Judas. But his other disciples did not understand what he...
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    Sharing in His Sufferings

    Matthew 20:17-19 ESV “And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, ‘See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him...
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    Do Not Fear Suffering

    Revelation 2:8-11 ESV “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life. “‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan...