Sufferrings for faith & Godly living are the previlages of the children of God from the beginning of the human history. The history starts from Abel, the son of Adam! Prophets, Jesus Christ & apostles, all were fulfilled the list. Many still joins by giving even their blood!
"Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection. Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison. They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated - the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground." (Hebrews 11:35-38)
"Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection. Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison. They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated - the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground." (Hebrews 11:35-38)
Recently we remembered Missionay John Williams, who was a messenger of the Gospel & served Christ in the midst og cannibals in Polinessia. Here is a tribute to that great man of God who died by them & became food of the people of that land! It was just 170 years back. You can read a brief biografy of that missionary in wikipedia.The list of martyrs is again continuing.. As we read: "If we died with him, we will also live with him" (2 Timothy: 2:11). Let this word of God strengthen us!
