| Shouting our Faith from the Rooftops |
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Have you ever been threatened because of your Christian faith? In some parts of the world it's a daily occurrence. However, even in countries with greater religious freedom, we Christians can be threatened by a boss who wants us to engage in corrupt business practices. We can be threatened by friends and family members who want us to compromise our beliefs. Some Christians have even been threatened by cowardly church leaders who want them to kowtow to a particular belief structure which may violate their conscience.
What did Jesus say about threats? He told his first disciples that they should respond by shouting their faith from the rooftops for all to hear. Now that's just the opposite of what most of us would do if threatened. What would Jesus encourage us to do in the right circumstances? Sometimes the faithful response to a threat is to act even more overtly, not to proceed with cowardliness, but to intensify efforts with wholehearted fearlessness. 10:26 "So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 10:27 What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim upon the housetops.
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