Ezekial 33:6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.
One in seven Christians worldwide faces persecution for their faith in Jesus. That’s about 360 million people.
2 Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Open Doors USA publishes its list of 50 countries where Christians face the worst persecution. North Korea has topped the list for the last 20 years.
This year, there’s been a shift as Afghanistan has taken its place as the world’s worst persecutor. “It’s the number one perpetrator of violence and pressure and discrimination against Christians in the world.
North Korea hasn’t gotten better, Afghanistan’s gotten worse the violence, the tracking of Christians, the killing of Christians, this is, unfortunately, I’m afraid, what we can expect from Afghanistan in the future,” Open Doors President and CEO Curry said.
Seven of the top 10 countries on the Open Doors World Watch List experience some level of Islamic radicalism. The ministry reports it’s especially difficult for Christian women in those nations because they face kidnapping and forced marriage to Muslim men.
Any religion that claims there is another God is false since the Christian religion that follows the Bible is the true God.
1 Corinthian 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
1 Timothy 2:15 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Only through Jesus the Son of God can we access the Father and receive salvation.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Open Doors ranks the following locations as the top 10 worst spots for Christians: Afghanistan, North Korea, Somalia, Libya, Yemen, Eritrea, Nigeria, Pakistan, Iran, and India.
1 Peter 3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
Matthew 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
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