Act 4:17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us
straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this
name.
Act 4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at
all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
Heb 11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and
others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might
obtain a better resurrection:
Heb 11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings,
yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
Heb 11:37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted,
were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
Heb 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in
deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Heb 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through
faith, received not the promise:
Heb 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they
without us should not be made perfect.
3/13/2019 A Chinese official says the country is vowing to
eliminate Christianity in China, according to The Christian
Post. Xu Xiaohong, head of the National Committee of the Three-Self
Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China, says there
are “problems” with Christianity in the country, calling the
religion an “infiltration.”
An international Christian organization is warning that the
persecution of Christians worldwide is set to rise in 2019 -- and
it's calling on the United States to do more to help. Release
International, a U.K.-based charity that helps supports persecuted
Christians around the world and a partner organization of Voice of
the Martyrs, warns that this year, particularly in China, India, and
Nigeria, persecution against Christians is rising. (FOX News)
