Christian lied about faith to survive Saudi siege
The above article is about a Christian Arab who, while being held captive by al Queda militants, lied about his Christian faith in order to save his life. The militants were questioning everyone and anyone admitting to being a Christian was shot and killed on the spot. It had to be an absolutely terrifying situation. Under the same circumstances, would you lie?
It’s a very hard question to answer. I would like to think my answer would be no, I wouldn’t lie, but would it? Is my faith in God stronger than my instinct to stay alive? Sitting here in my comfortable computer chair, it’s easy to say yes, I would be willing to die for my faith. I trust God that much. Enough to die for Him. But if I were standing there with a gun pointed at my head, knowing without a doubt that I would die if I admitted to being a Christian, would I still be able to do it? I hope so. I pray so. I WANT to be a Christian with faith like that. Faith I am willing to die for. I hope that if I ever face something like that, God will give me the strength and the courage in that moment to stand up to my fear and say YES, I AM A CHRISTIAN! But, I’ll be honest, I also pray that my faith will never have to face that kind of test.
In Matthew 10:33, Christ says “But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.”
In 2 Timothy 2:12 it also says “If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us.
It seems pretty clear to me that in God’s eyes, it’s NOT okay to deny Him or our Christian faith, even if standing by our faith results in death. As it says in Matthew 10:28, “do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” I’d rather be shot and killed knowing that the next face I see will be the face of the Lord than lie to save my life and lose my soul.
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