Who is Yusuf Naderkhani?
He is a Christian.
He is 32 years old.
He is a Pastor.
He is a husband.
He is a father.
He is on death row.
Yusuf Naderkhani converted to Christianity from Islam at the age of 19 and is on death row because he is a Christian. (Wash. Post, 9/29/2011, Lawyer for Iranian Pastor on Death Row Hopes Appeals Court May Acquit His Client)
So often the free church in America forgets that the persecuted church exists. Saints, let us not forget to pray for the persecuted church. These are our brothers and sisters in Christ who are suffering at the hands of those who do not know Jesus is the Christ.
How difficult it is for the church of America to imagine our pastors being thrown into jail or sentenced to death for preaching the Word of God. Let us be watchful and prayerful that the same laws that govern other nations do not become the laws that govern the churches in America.
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; Col. 4:2 KJV)
Therefore let us not sleep, as others do,
but let us watch and be sober. 1 Thes. 5:6 (NKJV)
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. 1 Cor. 16:13 (NKJV)
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