Missionary/missions talk continued...

Then he fell on his knees and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” Having said this, he fell asleep. In the Amplified bible it says, He fell asleep [ in death].

This verse is talking about the first martyr who was proclaiming Jesus and his name was Stephen. We've been talking about missionary/missions and many who proclaim the name of Jesus, glorify His name will become martyrs for Jesus because of their faith. if you read you bible all the disciples that were Jesus disciples were killed for their faith. They were to go throughout all nations and to teach all that God had command them to do, to one day for the very thing they were proclaiming/glorifying which was Jesus.

I've read stories of people and their faith and how they died or were tortured for that faith. a martyr is someone who dies because of their faith. Are we all called to be martyrs? Maybe not I cannot give a clear answer to that. But I can say that we need to be ready to defend our faith when it's our time and in that time. If we are all to have a missionary mindset, we need to be ready at all times.  “But be on your guard, so that your hearts will not be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that this day will not come on you suddenly, like a trap; Lukes 21:34. We have to be on our guard 24/7.

Having this kind of mindset means that we ready to defend our faith at all times no matter what they cost. Would you die for your faith? I would give the Christian answer and say yes but I am not sure if I could, I liked to say I could. We need to be ready and that is part of being ready means. Some of the stories I've heard are pretty gruesome and I get it, you think of those stories and think I don't know if I could suffer that pain they went through. We are all called to be missionaries in some way or have a mindset of missions.  And you will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved. Matthew 10:22. The world will hate us for our faith In Jesus but in the end, we are saved if we endure. I will end there for today and let that last part sink in.

Tomorrow I will talk more about this subject.

All verses taken from the NASB