El profeta Isaías fue claro cuando dio las buenas noticias a los oprimidos. "Disfrutarán de una doble honra en lugar de vergüenza y deshonra. Poseerán una doble porción de prosperidad en su tierra, y una alegría eterna será suya. «Pues yo, el SEÑOR, amo la justicia;" (Isaías 61:7, 8 NTV) Pido por todo aquel que en el día de hoy se sienta oprimido en el lugar que se encuentra. Dios tiene el control! Orar sin cesar 2014!! Amén
The Danger in Being a Christian: It began as a Jewish sect; fierce persecution only helped it spread Today's reading: 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, St...
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