{"id":1252,"date":"2011-10-01T10:04:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T10:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/2011\/10\/01\/would-you-die-for-christ-really\/"},"modified":"2011-10-01T10:04:55","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T10:04:55","slug":"would-you-die-for-christ-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/2011\/10\/01\/would-you-die-for-christ-really\/","title":{"rendered":"Would You Die For Christ? Really?"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Timothy 1:8 –<\/strong><\/p>\n

So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord. And don\u2019t be ashamed of me, either, even though I\u2019m in prison for him. With the strength God gives you, be ready to suffer with me for the sake of the Good News.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Think about Christianity today and then. Paul is being persecuted for his belief in Jesus being the Messiah. Today we practice our faith without fear of persecution or imprisonment. Sure many may dismiss us as living in a fantasy, but we will not sit in prison for these thoughts, or will we? Today there is a Christian pastor in Iran facing death for apostasy against Islam. It\u2019s an interesting argument, since the man says he could never have dismissed Islam since he was never a practicing Muslim
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All in the same, a man may die because of his faith in Jesus. What would you do? Would you accept sitting in jail for your faith, would you die for it? Sure it\u2019s easy to say when you are reading this in the comfort of our society, but how about in the pastor\u2019s shoes in Iran? Would you publically renounce your belief\u2019s to save your life? Or would you die maintaining your faith in Jesus? Again this question is easier to answer hypothetically than actually.\n<\/p>\n

I pray this pastor life is spared and the international community rises up to save this man\u2019s life. I personally could not say what I would do in his place. Most likely my response would be save my butt, get out of there and then recant. But how would God view that? Would I be spat out as \u201clukewarm\u201d or would God understand? I don\u2019t think we understand the dangers that are still in this world for Christians, we have just become isolated protected society. We need to understand that our life may be lost for God\u2019s ultimate glory and to never back down from our faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2 Timothy 1:8 – So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord. And don\u2019t be ashamed of me, either, even though I\u2019m in prison for him. With the strength God gives you, be ready to suffer with me for the sake of the Good News. Think about Christianity today and then. Paul is … Continue reading “Would You Die For Christ? Really?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}