I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT GUY IS, BUT HE'S STARTING TO P_ _ _ ME OFF. Pt. 2

I think perhaps there’s a lesson for believers in this humorous story.

For you see, I think every professing Christian, (if he or she is truthful) has, at times, been a little p_ _ _ _ _ off with the Almighty. (I honestly don’t mean to be sacrilegious. Feel free to substitute a different word for the abbreviated verb, if you like).

I mean, you take the martyrs of Hebrews Chapter 11, for example.

¹³ These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

³⁶ They endured cruel mockings and scourgings, yes, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

³⁷ They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

³⁸ (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

³⁹ And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

I have put myself in the place of those dear believers who were the subject of mocking and jeering from the multitude who filled up the Roman Coliseum.

And I have considered the amazing faith these young and not so young Christians exuded, as they were set upon, and eaten alive by tigers and lions; understanding that had they renounced their Messiah, they might have been set at liberty.

And as a father, I can only wonder in awe how parents of young children could have remained silent as both they, and their minor offspring died together in the dust of that enormous arena.

(to be continued)

by William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from (Mc)Donald's Daily Diary. Vol. 68. Copyright pending

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