Makes me think
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Saw this while reading blogs about the two Fox reporters who have been released after supposedly converting to Islam at gunpoint:
Christians, what would you do if some maniac held a gun to your head and asked you to deny Christ or die? Would you deny the Savior?
Click here to read the whole article. The comments are equally good.
My answer is that I would hope God would give me the strength to do the right thing, which I believe (despite all the debate) is to stand firm and take the consequences. If Jesus were in the same situation, he would not rationalize that it’s what he’s thinking in his heart rather than what he speaks that counts in the end. And it’s telling that almost all of the original apostles were martyred.
The most interesting point one of the commenters made is that it might actually be easier to die in one dramatic moment and have your faith crystallized as a martyr than continue in life being assaulted by 10,000 small sins every day.