Un Joven que trabajaba en el ejercito era humillado constantemente, por ser cristiano. Un dia su superior queriendo humillarlo delante de su tropa llamo al soldado y le dijo: Joven venga aqui, tome la llave y ve a aquel jeep y estacionalo alla al frente. El joven soldado dijo: no se manejar... Entonces dijo el superior, pero vamos pide ayuda a tu Dios, muestranos que existe. El soldado agarro la llave y mientras iba al vehiculo comenzo a orar, subio y prendio y estaciono el vehiculo de lo mas bien! Al salir ve a todos llorando diciendo nosotros queremos servir a tu Dios. El joven espantando dijo: Que esta sucediendo? A lo que el superior gimiendo abrio el capo del JEEP y le MOSTRO QUE EL CARRO ESTABA SIN MOTOR!! Entonces el joven dijo ve ese es mi DIOS!! El DIOS de lo imposible, el Dios que da existencia a lo que no existe! DTB.
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...
Jorge recounted this story to me yesterday and it really moved me. I have been thinking about Gods miracles a lot lately.
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