Post by Diverse Melody on May 12, 2009 11:16:35 GMT -6
Today, I came across a video that made me feel discouraged. VenomFangX, the great youtube evangelist, has shut down his youtube ministry and removed his videos. Why? Because of Muslims sending death threats. This is his goodbye video, for anyone who is interested:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7K3xJfDMs8
Watching this left me feeling that Christianity has been defeated. The atheists and Muslims and other anti-Christians have got just what they have wanted all along. But this is not the end. It is far from the end. While Venom may not post videos, there are several other Christian evangelists on youtube. I watched two videos about this and they were a great encouragement.
First, there was ShockofGod's video about how this only proves the Bible has power. Why would the atheists and Muslims care so much about the end of his youtube ministry if the Bible were not true? Why would they be so upset over a book of what they believe to be fairy tales?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pCJWEPgges
And then there was the other video I watch, which was very encouraging. Particularly this part: "As long as there are Christians out there that will take that bullet; that will show the world that no matter how much you bully us, no matter how much you threaten us, we will not back down. We will not recant our faith."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc0K-wLrMwc
This made me realize that now is the time. Christians have been quiet, soft spoken, or even silent for too long. We are not going to stay quiet any more! We are not going to give in to sin and the powers of Satan! We are not going to back down! We are going to spread the message of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! We have the truth in our hands in the form of the Bible and we have Jesus in our lives and hearts. We have to make our stand and we have to do it now! We must preach the gospel to all the corners of the earth and tell people about the good news of salvation through Jesus, our Holy Lord! What makes our message different than the lies of the world? Truth. How will we stand when we are outnumbered and the time may soon come where we will be made to be martyrs or we will be mocked and rejected for our faith? How can we stand in such a time? Because we have Jesus. The almighty God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are for us. We have God on our side.[/u][/i]
I don't know about you, but I am going to stand and proclaim the gospel of my Lord Jesus Christ to as many people as I can. I am not going to back down. I am not going to fear the power of the world nor the powers of Satan and his demons. I am going to but my trust in Jesus. I am going to put my life and all that I have in His hands. I will take that bullet. If it comes to a time where that becomes literal, then so be it. I side with God. I will serve my Creator; my God.
Who's going to make this stand with me and proclaim the salvation that comes from Jesus Christ alone?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7K3xJfDMs8
Watching this left me feeling that Christianity has been defeated. The atheists and Muslims and other anti-Christians have got just what they have wanted all along. But this is not the end. It is far from the end. While Venom may not post videos, there are several other Christian evangelists on youtube. I watched two videos about this and they were a great encouragement.
First, there was ShockofGod's video about how this only proves the Bible has power. Why would the atheists and Muslims care so much about the end of his youtube ministry if the Bible were not true? Why would they be so upset over a book of what they believe to be fairy tales?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pCJWEPgges
And then there was the other video I watch, which was very encouraging. Particularly this part: "As long as there are Christians out there that will take that bullet; that will show the world that no matter how much you bully us, no matter how much you threaten us, we will not back down. We will not recant our faith."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc0K-wLrMwc
This made me realize that now is the time. Christians have been quiet, soft spoken, or even silent for too long. We are not going to stay quiet any more! We are not going to give in to sin and the powers of Satan! We are not going to back down! We are going to spread the message of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! We have the truth in our hands in the form of the Bible and we have Jesus in our lives and hearts. We have to make our stand and we have to do it now! We must preach the gospel to all the corners of the earth and tell people about the good news of salvation through Jesus, our Holy Lord! What makes our message different than the lies of the world? Truth. How will we stand when we are outnumbered and the time may soon come where we will be made to be martyrs or we will be mocked and rejected for our faith? How can we stand in such a time? Because we have Jesus. The almighty God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are for us. We have God on our side.[/u][/i]
I don't know about you, but I am going to stand and proclaim the gospel of my Lord Jesus Christ to as many people as I can. I am not going to back down. I am not going to fear the power of the world nor the powers of Satan and his demons. I am going to but my trust in Jesus. I am going to put my life and all that I have in His hands. I will take that bullet. If it comes to a time where that becomes literal, then so be it. I side with God. I will serve my Creator; my God.
Who's going to make this stand with me and proclaim the salvation that comes from Jesus Christ alone?