"When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained..." (Revelation 6:9)
"Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years." (Revelations 20:4)
It is clear that difficult times are ahead, whether in our lifetimes or not. This calls for a difficult question.
Again, Christians, if a gun was held to your head and they said they would kill you unless you renounced your faith, what would you say?
Hopefully this will never happen to any of you.
God bless.
2006-07-19 08:09:23 · 48 answers · asked by Samantha 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes. Consider the girl at Columbine, with a gun to her head, she was asked if she loved Jesus. She replied in the affirmative and was shot. That takes a true Christian, and a lot of personal courage, but Jesus tells us, whosoever dies for my sake will surely see Paradise.
2006-07-19 08:16:35 · answer #1 · answered by stullerrl 5 · 23⤊ 6⤋
Unfortunately, I have always been very shaky in my relationship with Christ; I never think about my religion, and like so many others in this country I call myself a Christian but am not really sure if I am one. If a gun was held to my head, however, I would probably say yes after a prayer for forgiveness.
2006-07-19 08:14:02 · answer #2 · answered by Kaylie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since I have never been put in this type of situation, I could not say. I would like to think that I would not renounce Jesus Christ at all.
I will say that when I was in high school, students wre threatened to be expelled from school if they prayed on an empty lot across from campus, before school started (early 90's). At that time, I was willing to be expelled.
2006-07-19 08:22:31 · answer #3 · answered by nom_de_plume30 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith need not enter this question at all, for if you've ever seen james bond or any similar movies you would konw that you only need grab the gun as quick as possible and turn the situation around on ur attacker :-P ....and then ask him if he's feeling lucky
2006-07-19 08:15:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope that I would not turn away from Jesus, but we never really know till it happens, do we?
I pray that God will give the courage to Stand On The Rock.
2006-07-19 08:12:45 · answer #5 · answered by steve 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A MUSLIM HERE , , , , ,isnt there any religion for the weak ppl, ,
is it necessary to show how tough i am or you are???
any life is just precious than some words, , , , saving a life is more important than to show how brave u r, , ,
PROPHET MOHAMMAD pardoned some fellows when they complaint of that some miscreants tortured them to abuse ALLAH and HIS PROPHET, and those fellows followed these words , and were very ashamed of that , , , , , , , , , ,
so pardoning of the PROPHET shows that there will always b some weak ppl in any religion or society and its not necessary for all to show bravery, , , , , , , , , , ,
though just like christians fellows any muslim will immediately answer in the same way as all of u have given , , ,
regards to all, , ,
goodluck
2006-07-19 08:29:26 · answer #6 · answered by fuad_enjoy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I would be willing to lay down my life for Jesus, if called to do so. That would be the biggest test of our faith. Though I pray this never has to happen to anyone. If called I would pray for the courage, and heart to do so.
2006-07-19 08:22:56 · answer #7 · answered by Richard Kent 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that I would still say that I'm a follower of Jesus Christ because if I'm going to die I rather go knowing I wasn't ashamed no matter what.
2006-07-19 08:22:25 · answer #8 · answered by Is 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would like to think, yes. Wasn't there a little girl in Columbine who died in tht same situation? I know she is in heaven w/ Jesus. I have resolved never to renounce my faith, but I pray I don't ever haveto face tht.
2006-07-19 08:15:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would like to think that i would. i would love to profess my faith to the person who obviously doesn't truly believe (they can't be true believer if they are holding a gun to my head). I'm not sur what i would do under pressure... i hope that i would die for my faith instead of deny Christ's love
2006-07-19 08:28:14 · answer #10 · answered by musicfish93 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U mean actually say it during then ? cause that would be weird to say out of no where when somebody is about to shoot u i'm a follwer of jesus anywayz no matter what i believe in god an i try to follow his commandments.
2006-07-19 08:13:50 · answer #11 · answered by London qirl . 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋