Abdul Rahman: Ambassador in Christ
My fellow Christians, we must pray for the Church in the Middle East for they are under great assault day-in and day-out and Abdul Rahman is but one of thousands who face execution and torture by the "religion of peace" for simply believing in the name of Jesus Christ. They who defy the Church defy the Christ himself, who is head of the Church, the Creator of the Universe and Savior of mankind. For the Church is the Bride of Christ, from whence she has been slowly fashioned for the last 2000 years into a glorious organism of Divine Beauty. To be a Christian is not simply to belong to an organization but to be a part of God's Royal Family which we shall inherit, by virtue of our miraculous and aristocratic spiritual (re)birth, all that Christ has and is. A day of reckoning is coming for those who oppose us as the Lord and Master has foreseen.
Nevertheless, this is the devil's world and domain. Currently, many Christians have been martyred in the name of Christ and Abdul Rahman, imprisoned in Afghanistan, is but the latest who have been persecuted and prosecuted and thus deserves our prayers for his release and safety. May he be a light to those imprisoned with him and may the glorious gospel of Christ's redemption pierce this evil land.
I leave you with this promise from Jesus Christ himself:
8"To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:
These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again. 9I know your afflictions and your poverty, yet you are rich! I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. 11He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death. Rev 2:8-11
From James:
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. James 1:12
From the Apostle Paul:
26Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29so that no one may boast before him. 30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."[d] 1 Corr 1:26-31
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:35-39
Nevertheless, this is the devil's world and domain. Currently, many Christians have been martyred in the name of Christ and Abdul Rahman, imprisoned in Afghanistan, is but the latest who have been persecuted and prosecuted and thus deserves our prayers for his release and safety. May he be a light to those imprisoned with him and may the glorious gospel of Christ's redemption pierce this evil land.
I leave you with this promise from Jesus Christ himself:
8"To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:
These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again. 9I know your afflictions and your poverty, yet you are rich! I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. 11He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death. Rev 2:8-11
From James:
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. James 1:12
From the Apostle Paul:
26Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29so that no one may boast before him. 30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."[d] 1 Corr 1:26-31
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:35-39
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