Nuggets from "An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith" by Dave Hunt - Are We Willing?

Nuggets from “An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith” by Dave Hunt – Are We Willing?

Peter, who failed so miserably and was restored by the Lord, explained that true Christians would be hated, falsely accused, and persecuted, and were expected to suffer these wrongs patiently (1 Peter:2:19-20 [19] For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. [20] For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
See All...; 4:12-19). Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit he wrote: “For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: who his ownself bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness…."(1 Peter 2:L21-25).

Christians are being imprisoned, cruelly tortured, and martyred again in communist China, Burma, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Sudan, and in other Muslim countries. Similar persecutions could well overtake us in America.