Persecution in India

I just saw a video by Francis Chan that just opened my eyes to the reality of the dangers of being a Christian! There are brothers and sisters in India who are being persecuted to this moment for their faith in Christ and in affirms what the apostle Paul said in 2 Timothy 3:12 that all who live in Christ will be persecuted for their faith. And it also opens up my eyes personally to the reality that there is still hope for the persecutors because the grace of God in super-abounding where sin is abounding and that as Saul converted to Christianity in the midst of a persecution through resting in the promises of Jesus, Christ is at work in their hearts by the power Holy Spirit showing them their sin, the beauty of a life lived in Christ through the JOYFUL suffering of the saints in India (through resting in the future promises of God), and that they can have this eternal beauty of God forever as a free gift in Christ alone REGARDLESS of any of the bad things that they have done in the past. The awesomeness of the gospel is that we are not saved by becoming better people or by not persecuting Christians but rather we are saved by GRACE to be received in Christ alone! So may the gospel that these saints in India have it's full effect on the persecutors and show them the joy of a suffering saint that they might have it as well.

As for those who are being persecuted, my prayer is that they would see that the sufferings of this life are NOTHING compared to the glory to be revealed to them in the future. And may their satisfaction in God and all that He is for them in Christ Jesus (His rule, promises, provision) be their motivation to overflow in love for their persecutors in extending the all-satisfying grace of God in Christ Jesus that they have found to those who are in need because the apex of God's joy in Himself is doing good to us by extending His Son to us so that we can be brought back to Him! That is what the cross and resurrection proved, that God would not compromise His self-giving glory of His grace by ignoring sin and separation from Him for good. Rather He put Jesus through the cross and rose Him again to make a way back to the all-satisfying, and thereby at the same time defending and vindicating the glory of His grace and beauty! (See Romans 3:21-26 for more information)