The Power of the Faith
" we must obey God rather thanmen !" ( Acts 5:29 ) Our beautiful church wasfounded and spread in the entire world through the apostles β teaching andpreaching . They spoke the word of God with great determination . They announcedthe good news to everybody everywhere . As a result more people came to our LordGod and Savior Jesus Christ . However , the enemy to our human race who does notlike people to be saved stirred rulers and nations to act aggressively againstthe apostles . They started to beat and imprison our forefathers . The tortureand hardship did not stop them from completing their holy mission . As the holyfathers say the apostles bore witness to Christ and thus obtained the crowns ofmartyrdom . They did not fear death because of their great faith in Christ theKing . Saint Stephen was anotherexample of showing his great faith . He was not an apostle but just a deaconfilled
with the Holy Spirit and had a strong faith in the Lord . Through histeaching , many unbelievers turned to Christianity . Some synagogue membersaccused him of blasphemy and stoned him . So , Saint Stephen became the firstmartyr in our faith . After Saint Stephen , many of our forefathers were asked toeither forsake
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Christ the King or to be killed , they chose to take the latter . Theevil one caused ISIS to execute the believers in Libya . They were beheaded on abeach along the Mediterranean Sea . The reason they were killed was for theirfaith and their love and obedience to the Lord Almighty . International newsreported that the 21 Coptic Christianswho were shown being beheaded in a horrific video by ISIS militants in Libyawere reportedly whispering the name of Jesus as their heads were being sliced fromtheir bodies . Their faith kept them strong to the last breath . May theirholy blessings be with us all . Amen
The Power of the Faith
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thanmen!" (Acts 5:29)
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beautiful
church
wasfounded and spread
in the entire world through
the apostlesβ teaching
andpreaching. They spoke
the word of God with
great
determination.
They
announcedthe
good
news
to
everybody everywhere.
As a result more people
came to our LordGod
and
Savior
Jesus
Christ. However, the
enemy to our human
race who does notlike
people to be saved stirred
rulers and nations to act
aggressively
againstthe
apostles. They started
to beat and imprison our
forefathers. The tor ΡΥΙ
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