“It is unnatural
– maybe even wrong – to keep one’s love for Jesus entirely to oneself. I cannot
tell my wife. Or my children. Or my parents. I found Christ in a dream, and
only He knows I follow him. But I have to, or I’m dead.”
(Saudi Christian)
(Saudi Christian)
A Saudi man found Christ
while making the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. Jesus appeared
to him in a dream. He travelled abroad and secretly read the New Testament. He
gave his heart to Jesus. Even taking the Bible back into Saudi Arabia could
cost him his life.
In Saudi Arabia,
converting from Islam is illegal and carries the death penalty. Unable to share
their faith with family or friends, new believers feel very alone.
“It’s too risky. If the authorities find a Christian Bible on my person,
they will interrogate me, and I will not lie, so my new faith would be exposed.
I do not know how long I can go without fellowship, without witness, living a
lie.”
THINK BIG.
START SMALL. GO DEEP.
[Source: http://www.opendoorsyouth.org/article/five-quotes-from-persecuted-christians/]
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