CHINA: “The Gospel Can Be Our Best Comfort”

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🗓️ 25 January 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In the eyes of the Chinese Communist Party, loving Jesus makes Christians “unpatriotic.”

Bob Fu, founder and president of China Aid, explains: “[The communists believe] you cannot love your country and love Jesus.”

Absolute government control of churches and other religious institutions continues to tighten in China as persecuted Christians are unwilling to comply with the doctrines of the Communist Party, which is expanding efforts to “Sinicize” the church. Listen to hear how pastors and church leaders are now being charged with fraud or other financial crimes, rather than charges relating to religion.

Bob Fu, author of God’s Double Agent, will also share an update on John Cao, who was released from prison last year but still is not free. The CCP continues to watch Cao’s every move, yet he continues to serve the Lord through a house church, daily prayer meetings, and a small Bible school — even baptizing new believers despite constant surveillance!

Pastor Wang Yi is now six years into his nine-year prison sentence. Like Richard Wurmbrand, who founded The Voice of the Martyrs and wrote hundreds of sermons in his head during his 14 years in prison, Wang Yi has written three books in prison. Wang also continues to pray daily through more than a thousand items on his prayer list. If you’d like to write letters of encouragement to Christian prisoners or petition their governments, go to www.PrisonerAlert.com.

Listen as Bob Fu shares how he stays personally encouraged despite constantly hearing of the sufferings of our spiritual family in China. He also suggests specific ways to pray for our Chinese Christian brothers and sisters.

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0:00.0	It's easy to be depressed if I just look at the bad news, because every day we keep
0:08.2	receiving the bad news one after another, especially reading the testimonies of those
0:13.5	brothers and sisters who are tortured that you know in person.
0:17.9	It's very hard, I have to admit.
0:20.1	But the same time, I'm upbeat is knowing that our Lord was tortured in the same way and was
0:26.8	being persecuted and even died on the cross.
0:30.4	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:35.5	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:38.6	He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus' words came true in the life of the apostles,
0:44.3	and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. Join
0:49.3	host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of
0:55.0	the Martyrs Radio Network. Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My name is Todd
0:59.2	Nettleton. We are in the studio today in Bartlesville, Oklahoma with Bob Fu. He has been here before.
1:04.9	He is the founder and president of the China Aid Association. He is also the author of a fantastic
1:10.4	book called God's Double Agent. Bob, welcome back to Voice of the Mart Aid Association. He is also the author of a fantastic book called God's Double Agent.
1:13.0	Bob, welcome back to Voice of the Martyrs Radio. Thank you, Todd, for having me again.
1:17.7	Well, it is our pleasure. The last time we talked, we were talking about China's at that time
1:23.9	new patriotic education law. We were talking about protests actually happening in
1:29.4	China, which was kind of earth-shattering, that people would publicly protest against the government.
1:35.2	It seems like at every single point, Xi Jinping and his government have tried to tighten
1:41.2	control over religious expression in China. Ever since he took over, it seems like every year it's like a little tighter, a little tighter, a little tighter.
1:49.8	What's going on now?
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