Originally posted by JimboJones:
But imagine a bunch of terrorists is after you and you pray to God to help you not to get killed then would you have to include: "But your will be done and if it's your will that I'm killed then so be it..." I mean do you really think it's God's will that christians are killed?
~Jimbo I hope this helps.
No, I don't think its Gods will for terrorist to kill christians. But rather if faced with that situation.........
Heb 13:6 - So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
And to remember that the Word says......
Rev 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Look at all the suffering the Apostles went through. In 2 Cor. 11:23-26 Paul speaks about some of the things he suffered.... 5 times he was whiped (40 stipes minus 1) thats 195 lashes across the back! Shipwhrecked 3 times, beated with rods 3 times, he was stoned ("with rocks"). In "perils" with... water, robbers, his own countrymen, by heathen, in the city and in the wilderness, in the sea, and among false breathren.......Paul suffered alot. *But, he was also the apostle who had written he would take pleasure in his infirmities. (2 Cor. 12:10)
Now something for you to think about....
Think of all the suffering Jesus went through.... the beating from the guards and then the scourging (40 stripes minus 1), having to carry His cross on His back that was probley what looked like ground meat, the crown of thorns He wore on His head, the crowd mocking and spiting at Him as He went up the hill of Golgotha knowing that He was going to die and Oooooh the hurt He must have felt to hear the people choosing a murderer to be set free and He was rejected.
But He died for you, and me and everyone on and in this world that has drew a breath of life. He gave His life to save us. To bridge the gap between the Father and us. To cover our sins with His blood just so that we could have salvation, if we only believe in Him.
.....Now think how His Father must have felt that day.
He saw His Son suffer, He saw it when He was rejected, He saw those nails peirce His hands and feet. He saw it when the guard's spear went into His side... He saw it, cause He was there!
But Praise God! He was also there when He raised Him from the dead too!
Jesus didn't have to die. But, He chose to die to pay the penaty for our sin, but also to show His power over death.
John 10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
God Bless you Jimbo/Fredric
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