might seem like an unnecessarily bloody question... but I'd like to know how many of you take your faith in both hands. God knows enough Muslims seem to. What' the Christian pov here?
2006-10-08 18:14:28 · 38 answers · asked by Tree of Jesse 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Any easier to empathise with Muslim bombers?
(just a thought)
2006-10-08 18:33:18 · update #1
I spose that was a weak point I was trying to make. I apologise if anyone felt misled. I hope to share your strength if I'm ever placed in that sort of position...but agree with a few of you, it would be a lot more difficult if family or friends were threatened.
2006-10-08 19:02:30 · update #2
I pray about this often. That my faith would not waiver as Peter's did when the rooster sounded three different times. Ugh! I don't want to be like that.
"To live is Christ. To die is gain!" This is the faith I desire and the only way I will be able to be this strong is by surrendering my all to Christ who strengthens me. I could never do something like that on my own. It would be smug of me to think so.
ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS:
No. It is not easier to empathise with muslim bombers. When I say that i am willing to die for my faith I am not saying I would commit suicide and take innocent people with me.
I am saying, however, that if someone threatened to murder me for my faith that I would be willing (With God's strength in me) to endure the killing of my flesh, knowing that this is a temporary place for me and that my eternity is in Heaven with Christ.
2006-10-08 18:18:55 · answer #1 · answered by NONAME 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I wear a cross pendant and that has been enough to receive a couple of really nasty comments from people who don’t like Christians. I didn’t really know what to say so merely said a silent prayer for them.
Unfortunately, the way this world seems to be going, I can imagine a time could come in my lifetime when the choice would be to deny Christ or die. After everything Christ has done for me, I truly hope I have the courage to stand firm in faith. But as someone already mentioned, we do have the story of Peter as an ever present reminder of human frailty.
2006-10-08 18:34:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow...that's a mind trip! At the end my answer would be yes, if only because I can't imagine what my self-worth could be like after denying Him: worse than spitting in my dad's face! Not sure I agree about the bombers (nobody else would die because of me...) but I think I see what you mean: if a person has strong enough faith, they can do anything.
2006-10-08 18:37:39 · answer #3 · answered by venusinfursinfers 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many Christians all over the world die every day for believe in the Lord. I would hope that if it started to happen in the United States that the Lord would give me strength to stay strong and witness to the persecuters durring the torture.
2006-10-08 23:23:31 · answer #4 · answered by kramerfam2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope to God that I never live to see the day that it comes down to that, and that , if I do, I will have the courage of my conviction to die rather than deny Him, but nobody really knows what they will do in any given situation until actually faced with it. Those who say, emphatically, that they will not deny Him may have issues of pride or self-righteousness. I hope to be raptured before then.
2006-10-08 18:38:16 · answer #5 · answered by reinadelaz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some pretend to do that with their baptism and others actually do die with Christ to be raised up as a new creation. These are the true Saints---the Mother Theresas and the Padre Pios and the St Francis of Assisi's.
2006-10-08 18:24:46 · answer #6 · answered by Midge 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My heart says I can not deny what I know to be true and if the situation presented itself I can not deny Jesus and to die would be gain. I do not fear one who can kill this body, I know there is life with Christ. My flesh is weak and I would pray to God for Grace & strenght. Peter was with Jesus, saw His miracles,walked with Him, saw Him raise Lazurus from the dead and in a moment of fear & weakness denied Christ three times. I can only pray that I would rather die then deny.
2006-10-08 18:35:35 · answer #7 · answered by Faith walker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can only hope and pray that I would choose death, rather than deny Christ. As we read in the bible, Peter, who lived with Jesus, talked with Jesus, and seen many miracles from Jesus, still he denied him tree times, because he was afraid. I do not want to be like Peter, and run and hide and deny. In the end Peter was brave and stood his ground.That is the Peter I want to imitate. I want to stand tall and strong, and loose the life I have now, instead of denying my precious savior, Jesus.
2006-10-08 18:28:32 · answer #8 · answered by GraycieLee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If,for whatever reason, I should be left behind after the Rapture,I would definitely give my life before I'd deny my Lord and Savior.He died an excruciating death so that I could be saved and have everlasting life in Heaven with Him.To do otherwise, I would be condemning my soul to everlasting damnation in hell. A martyr's death is preferable to that. Jesus loved me enough to die for me,and I love Him enough to die for Him.
2006-10-08 18:49:57 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Facing my own death is easier than facing someone elses. Yes I could for me . .however, if my family were threatened if I didn't confess Christ that would be alot harder. But I'd rather go to hell or pray for forgiveness than send my kids before I knew if their names were written in the book of life. (They are at that drifting age right now 17-22).
2006-10-08 18:24:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋