Así que todo lo que ustedes han dicho en la oscuridad se dará a conocer a plena luz, y lo que han susurrado a puerta cerrada se proclamará desde las azoteas. »A ustedes, mis amigos, les digo que no teman a los que matan el cuerpo pero después no pueden hacer más. Les voy a enseñar más bien a quién deben temer: teman al que, después de dar muerte, tiene poder para echarlos al infierno. Sí, les aseguro que a él deben temerle. (Lucas 12:3-5 NVI) Yo creo que esta bastante claro. Dios esta a tu puerta lo vas a dejar entrar? Feliz Cumpleaños a la hermana Raquel que Dios la siga bendiciendo! Orar sin cesar!! Amén
The Danger in Being a Christian: It began as a Jewish sect; fierce persecution only helped it spread
Acts 8 Acts 8:1 On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. In some countries, a person who becomes a Christian forfeits a good education and job. And in a few countries, a person who converts risks his or her life. One church historian estimates that more Christians were martyred in the twentieth century than in all preceding centuries put together. Yet, strangely, more often than not, intense persecution of Christians leads to a spurt of growth in the church. An ancient saying expresses this phenomenon: “The blood of martyrs is the seed of the church.” The First Big Advance For a while, the new faith enjoyed popular favor. But very soon it involved grave risk. In the book of Acts, the persecution that produced the first Christian martyr, Stephen, ironically brought about the advance of Christianity outside its Jewish base. Forced out of stormy Jerusalem, the scatterin...
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