"While visiting his family in Iran, 32-year-old Rev. Saeed Abedini, now an American resident, was imprisoned without notice of any formal charges. He is currently awaiting trial at Iran's notoriously brutal Evin Prison, where he has been incarcerated since late September of 2012. Family members residing in Iran (also Christian converts) are currently under house arrest. Fortunately, his wife Naghmeh, and their two young children, didn't accompany him during this most recent visit. Since moving to the United States in 2005, Saeed periodically travelled to the country of his origin to spend time with his family and oversee the development of an orphanage, a humanitarian effort he began years ago. Prior to this, Saeed was the founder of a house church movement in Iran. Over the course of his involvement, the movement had about 100 churches in 30 Iranian cities with more than 2,000 members. "It was just growing so fast," his wife Naghmeh explains. "[Governmental leaders] see the underground churches as a threat and Christianity as a tool from the West to undermine them." Saeed converted to Christianity at the age of 20, after undergoing suicide bomber training by a radical Muslim group. The more he sought to be a devout Muslim and the deeper he went into training, the more depressed he became. "Christianity saved his life," Naghmeh adds. Yet when Saeed became a Christian, he became a criminal in his own country." - Voice of the Martyrs
I learned about Francis Chan's lifestory in this video. Besides the powerful message he delivers, that shocked me a lot!
How do we know that Christianity is the one true religion?
I remember having a conversation with a friend, "Jesse", who was so scared for her family because they had not repented and continually rejected Christ's salvation. This friend of mine was so caught up in worrying about them in hell. She was so sad about seeing her family in hell that she seemed to lose sight of the greater picture, which is heaven and her own salvation. It surely would not help her if she and her family were all in hell. How would her worry serve her then?
Life is a gift given freely from God. Treasure it, and use your time not to please the world or yourself. Use your time to seek and glorify Him who loves you.
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