The persecution of Christians around the world is intensifying as we get deeper into the end times. Christians have always been persecuted severely, and we can gain inspiration from the past for the challenges that we will face ahead:----
"Tell him, Timothy, please!" shouted Maura, pleading with her husband. "Tell the governor where the Scriptures are hidden and be free! I cannot bear to watch any more of this." Timothy and Maura, residents of the Roman province of Mauritania, had been married only a few short weeks before their arrest.
Maura watched in horror as soldiers put out her husband's eyes with hot irons, trying to break his will. Now, hanging upside down with a weight around his neck on the orders of Roman governor Arrianus, Timothy waited for his gag to be removed. The fear he initially felt at his arrest had been replaced with a sense of divine calm.
Instead of renouncing his faith and disclosing the location of his church's copies of the Scriptures, as the soldiers expected, Timothy scolded his young wife. "Do not let your love for me come before your love for Christ," he urged Maura, affirming his willingness and determination to die for his Savior. Seeing her husband's courage, Maura's own resolve was strengthened.
Arrianus, already in a rage at Timothy's refusal, set out to break Maura's newfound courage. He sentenced her to the harshest tortures of the Roman world. Yet she would not break. She refused to deny Christ.
After each had endured unspeakable suffering, Timothy and Maura were crucified, side by side.
--A story of persecution from The Voice Of The Martyrs.
1 comment:
I found it very hard to read your post while I had 3 women standing in the right hand corner of your blog with their brests hanging out of their clothes. If you are trying to make an impact for Christ it would be a good idea to seperate yourself for the world. Our society has turned their face for Christ and even the Christians have let their guard down. Sexual adds and Christ mix as well as Iran and clay. I pray you will receive this well and be lead by the Holy Spirit to remove the women on your blog.
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