21 Coptic Christians from Egypt who held fast to their faith were beheaded by ISIS in February, 2015.
One of the martyrs was from Chad, and he had not been a Christian prior to the day of his beheading.
One of the martyrs was from Chad, and he had not been a Christian prior to the day of his beheading.
The Coptic Christians were given a choice to deny Jesus or
die. They refused to deny Him, knowing it would cost them their heads.
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| The dark guy is the man from Chad who as beheaded the same day he became a Christian |
When
the terrorists ordered the man from Chad to deny Jesus or die, he
answered, "Their God is my God," thereby sealing his fate.
That's how moved he was by the faith of these Christians. Their refusal
to deny their Savior, even at the point of death—literally, at the point
of a knife to their throats—moved him to make a profession of faith,
one that would cost him his head as well.
The man had not been a believer. All he had to say was, "I don't believe
in Jesus" or "Jesus is not the Son of God," and he could walk away a
free man but he didn't.
This man, who had not been a follower of Jesus before then, was so moved
by the dedication of these Christians that he became a believer on the
spot.
"Go ahead and behead me," he was saying. "Your god is not my God. Their God is my God."
Can we grasp the intensity of this story?
That is why this story needs to be told and retold until the faith of
those martyrs becomes our faith, until people look at our lives and say,
"Your God is my God, whatever may come my way."
Charismanews
*Oh God help us!
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