STEEMCHURCH - CHRISTIANS OF OTHER TIMES AND OF TODAY
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If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you ... So that those who suffer according to the will of God, entrust their souls to the faithful Creator, and do good.
1 Peter 4:14, 19
In the third century Cipriano, future bishop of Cartago, wrote to his friend Donato: "This world is bad, Donato, incredibly bad. But I have discovered peaceful and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy a thousand times greater than all the pleasures of a life of sin. They are despised and persecuted, but this does not discourage them. These people, Donato, are the Christians ... and from now on I am part of them ».
That the world before has been as bad as the world today is not surprising. But in that world lived people who, abandoning the pleasures of a life of sin, had found their happiness in Jesus Christ. They were persecuted, but they knew that "all who want to live piously in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution" (2 Timothy 3:12).
This testimony given regarding the Christians of the first century challenges us. Others, before them, had accepted "with joy" that they should be stripped of their goods, knowing that they had greater riches in heaven (Hebrews 10:34). Others were imprisoned, hungry and mistreated (chapter 13: 3).
Today, many Christians in the world suffer oppression, abuse, imprisonment. Pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters. May the faith of all these believers encourage us, free us from our indolence and make us more living witnesses who are not ashamed of the Gospel of God!
We must keep in mind that Christians will always suffer persecution, because of the purpose we have in Christ. Therefore, we should pray for each other.
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