You are not going to believe this.

[DeaneRenata]

I think what our persecutors need to earn is mercy, although I would not really put my hand up to punish.

 

[Contented]

It hurts my heart when I hear of these stories. But it won't be long now. Christ will soon return and all the haters will have their just reward. Our pray is for the light of Jesus to shine in their hearts and remove their spiritual blindness.

 

[mark2]

Thanks SingPeace for your article. It's close to my heart too. For those in the UK there is barnabasfund.org which specialises in helping people facing persecution in muslim contexts.

 

[woodpecker]

RimRam, not sure what you are trying to say....history does show us many killed in the name of Christ...BUT...those that did kill in his name did not know better, they did not have bibles, they could not read...they were under the dictatorship of kingdoms, the "church" became politics, they were not true Christians..

Jesus warns us, if we follow Him, we will be HATED. We fight back with the love of the Gospel. Jesus and the apostles would flee the area if they thought they would be killed, never did they take up arms (weapons) stay and fight.

When the apostle were told to stop evangelizing did they listen..NO...they would share the love of God unto death...remember Stephen?

Acts 7
59 As they stoned him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 He fell to his knees, shouting, “Lord, don’t charge them with this sin!” And with that, he died
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as for self defense, I have bee attacked, not for my faith, but abducted, I fought back, and hurt my abductor, I believed the Holy Spirit told me to,...

 

[Valujira]

Silly humans, look what they do, if I were there, I would attack each enemy of peace and just kill him. Kill and kill evil until the'll be no more from it reminds, on Earth.
Poor children, oh well, they are already dead, we can do nothing.

 

[woodpecker]