"I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus." 2 Timothy 2:10
According to Josef Tson, who used to be a pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Oradea, Romania, interprets this verse in his book, A Theology of Martyrdom:
If I had remained a pastor in Antioch, in that affluent and peaceful city, in that wonderful church with so many prophets and such great blessings, nobody in Asia Minor or Europe would have been saved. In order for them to be saved, I have to accept being beaten with rods, scourged, stoned, treated as the scum of the earth, becoming a walking death. But when i walk like this, wounded and bleeding, people see the love of God, people hear the message of the cross, and they are saved. If we stay in the safety of our affluent churches and wedo not accept the cross, others may not be saved. How many are not saved because we do not accept the cross?
What am i doing?
Posted by CCH at 10:41 PM.
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``ABOUT US.
a group of fellow strugglers,
grasping for His daily grace.
a group of fellow sojourners,
gazing towards the eternal home.
a group of fellowshippers,
learning how to love one another.
a group of fellow disciples,
seeking to show others the treasure that is Christ.
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgression
-it's by grace you have been saved." Ephesians 2:4-5