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Muchas personas conocen los hechos fundamentales de la vida del Señor, pero pocas lo conocen personalmente. Están tan ocupados con sus actividades y sus intereses, que rara vez piensan en Jesús hasta que surge una situación desesperante.
Pero aquellas que conocen al Señor estrechamente, lo hacen su prioridad absoluta, y todas las posesiones, logros, o intereses carecen de valor cuando se comparan con el hecho de conocerlo. Considere los resultados de hacer de Cristo lo más importante en su vida (Fil 3.8-10):
¿Anhela usted conocer a Cristo, o es su relación con Él superficial? Los creyentes no debemos permitir que los placeres, los problemas y las responsabilidades de este mundo nos roben el tesoro de conocer a Cristo. Es hora de contar todo como pérdida, y de seguir adelante con Cristo.
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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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