Wonderful Testimony: Pass the Bread
One of the things we strive to do on this blog is to encourage you and spur you on to share how important it is to pray for persecuted Christians and also give you tools to share with others about the persecuted church.
We recently read this wonderful blog post on a blog titled LoveGodMakeWar about how The Voice of the Martyrs monthly newsletter impacted one reader.
Here's part of the post that I'm confident will encourage you too.
I recently read this story in the monthly VOM (Voice of Martyrs) magazine. I want to share it.
The story is about Mozafar and he lives in Indonesia.
As a devout Muslim, Mozafar had been commanded by his mullah, or Islamic leader, to read the Bible so that he could write an argument to expose and defeat the Christians. The mullah had recognized Mosafar’s fierce loyalty to Islam; his zeal had led him to attack churches and to persecute and burn the property of Christians. He had even spent time in prison for his radical actions on behalf of Islam.
But when he opened the pages of the Bible, he was stunned by the grace offered by Jesus in the gospel of Matthew. He was so drawn to the gospel that he rented a hotel room so he could read the Bible and other Christian books t interruption.
Mozafar’s brothers, angered by the changes they saw in him, took him to a mental institution, where he was subjected to shock treatments to rid his brain of radical spiritual ideas like “loving your enemies.” But the greatest shock in Mozafar’s life was God’s truth revealed through His Holy Spirit. Once he had been exposed to the Gospel, he was desperate to learn more about Jesus.
“I would go into the bathroom of our home and lock the door,” Mozafar explained. “Then I would take the Scriptures, memorize them, and eat them so that my family could not find them.”
Crazy? Huh?
Did not know people live like this? People live like this all over the world.
Students, Christianity is not a game. It is not. It is serious. It is eternally serious. Life or death. A soul’s relationship with God is important. Very important. So important, that we should be willing to undergo torture that is unimaginable, persecution that is unbearable, and beatings that leave scar after scar for ours or anyone else’s soul to know Jesus.
I hope you are encouraged by the faith of those who serve the persecuted church and also by how the Lord works in all the amazing ways that He truly does. Thank you for reading our blog and please share it with your friends. Blessings!