CHINA: Will I Pick Up My Cross?

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🗓️ 29 September 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

“Brother Joel” is back to discuss current persecution in China and how the church there is responding. Joel speaks especially to the current status of Bible distribution in China, and why Chinese Christians need a new Bible every 3-5 years.

Joel will also tell how he and his wife personally think through and plan for the possibility they will receive “the gift of persecution,” and who inspired him to be involved in this sacrificial, dangerous ministry effort. Finally Joel will help us pray for the church in China, and for VOM’s work in that nation.

Listen here for a recent update on increasing persecution in China, and here for Brother Joel’s first-ever interview with VOM Radio.

Transcript

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0:00.0	If you were to face persecution for your faith in Christ, would you have the strength to endure?
0:07.0	Brother Joel says you don't have to have that
0:15.0	the strength inside of you.
0:16.0	If we are one of those who are given the gift of persecution,
0:19.0	I think that we're given a special strength
0:22.0	from the Holy Spirit for endurance.
0:24.8	I don't think just any normal believer probably can endure that
0:29.8	until the Holy Spirit gives us the power to do so. So I think we just commit our ways to the Lord,
0:37.0	make a decision that we're going to take up our cross and follow him and then we face every day as it comes.
0:46.0	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:49.0	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:52.0	He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus's
0:56.1	words came true in the life of the Apostles and they're still coming true today
1:00.1	in the lives of his followers around the world.
1:02.8	Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help.
1:07.6	Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
1:10.1	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:12.3	My name is Todd Nettleton and we're in the studio in Bartlesville, Oklahoma this week with Brother Joel.
1:18.5	Last month we had Brother Joel and Brother Blake with us talking about the changes in China.
1:24.8	We're going to follow up now with Brother Joel about how that's affecting his work.
1:30.8	Brother Joel, welcome back to Voice of the Mart's radio. Thank you. Thank you for inviting me.
1:35.3	We talked last month about how things are changing in China and how things are tightening
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