I was in church on Sunday morning like normal. The deacon said that Christ was good enough to die for us then we should be able to live for Him. Shouldn't we also be willing to die for Him also? How many people would truly die for Christ in America? I am not to sure it would be too many. If we can't live for Christ and submit ourselves to Him daily would we be able to give our life if it was necessary? My pastor talked about the mark of the Beast and how the church would not take it but I believe it when I see it. Everyone is saying that we will be raptured out. I am hoping that that happens but what if you had to go through it all? Would you make it? I am sorry but it is not enough to be willing to live for Christ. How hard is it to live for Christ in a land where everyone is free to worship God? We take our liberties too lightly. I know that God has to separate the sheep from the goats and that persecution is necessary but I think we will all be surprised to see who is really sheep and goat. I know people who will only serve God in their home church. What if God actually called you to go to a place and risk your life serving Jesus? Would you go or make excuses? I would hope that I would go. My heart is on the mission field and always has been but I have been surround by people who will not go out of the state much less the country to serve God. It has been hard for me to be yoked to a bunch of scary cats. People who are ankle deep in Christ don't want to leave their comfort zones. It takes a certain dedication to want to go anywhere for God and do anything for Him. It takes an abandonment to self that a lot of christian don't want to have anymore. If your life is on the line,you would be praying on a regular basis,right? So many people in China go through severe persecution for their faith but they want to. To die for Christ is gain. How so many of us in America have forgotten that? Even in my church they will pay missionaries because they are glad they don't have to go and say it to their faces. Why? Because they are "arm chair" christians. Lazy boys!
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Where do you go to church? I know you were with J.J. and them but they left. Did you go back to the Tabernacle?
@John - I am with JJ and Ange and with the Tabernacle. I am going to China soon. It should be an exciting trip.