Great Word! Shared this on my Facebook page: Now, that is commitment.
Like the words of John Hus, burned at the stake for translating the Bible into the common language of the people: ‘What I taught with my life, I now seal with my blood!’
I am not looking to die for Jesus, and receive a martyr’s crown, YET.
With long life shall He satisfy me, I shall live and not die, and declare the works of my Lord, but know this:
If I have to choose between denying Jesus, or dying: You cannot threaten me with heaven!
Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Love is stronger than death, and faith is the victory!
How to be a Radical Christian. (iii)
For I am not shamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. (Romans 1:16)
Have you ever shuddered or cringed a little when someone mentioned the name of Jesus to somebody? Maybe at work or a ballgame. Maybe, you thought to yourself, there are proper places and times to talk about Jesus, but not here, not now.
Well, have you heard the tradition surrounding the apostle Paul’s last few moments on earth? Talk about bad timing and bad places.
Emperor Nero arrested Paul for insurrection and threw him into prison. The apostle’s first stay in prison had resulted in most of the guards and many in Nero’s household converting to Christianity. So this time, Nero made sure that Paul had little contact with…
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Thanks for the reblog. God bless you.