{"id":1491,"date":"2020-03-04T15:35:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T14:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forfulgtekristne.dk\/teologisk-refleksion\/gud-elsker-forfulgte-kristnes-forfoelgere-2\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T14:45:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:45:14","slug":"god-loves-persecuted-christians-advocates-2","status":"publish","type":"teologisk-refleksion","link":"https:\/\/forfulgtekristne.dk\/en\/bibelsk-refleksion\/gud-elsker-forfulgte-kristnes-forfoelgere-2\/","title":{"rendered":"God loves persecuted Christians' persecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But that a city can be big for God is surprising. God, who has the universe in his hand, can easily oversee even the largest city, one would think. But the explanation comes in Jon<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Axis<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">'<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Sheet<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> 4:11, where God himself says: \"Should I not then pity the great city <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nineveh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">where there are more than 120,000 people<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">?<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\" So it was the weight of all the people whom God loves, rushing to their own destruction, that pained him and made the city so great to him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is also the pain that God shares with us as Christians. \"Close me in your pain<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in\" we sing in \"Your Kingdom Matters<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Jesus<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> must be\"<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> And that pain should move us to desire the salvation of people with all our hearts where we each live. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nineveh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> was the capital of one of the most barbaric peoples the world has ever seen, and they were the people of God<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> great enemy and persecutor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But God <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">love and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">feel sorry even for the people who <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">r his enemies. This is why God allows Christians to live even in places in the world where there is severe persecution. We must surround these persecuted Christians in a special way with prayer and support, so that they can be preserved as Christians and hold on to the testimony of Jesus in the face of their persecutors. For the value of every human being - both the persecuted Christians and their persecutors<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> - <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is great in the sight of God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Jakob Rahbek is pastor in Agerskov Valgmenighed<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"payment-pre-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"details\">Support the work of Mission Possible<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<form id=\"fundraising-pre\" action=\"\/en\/give-help\/\" method=\"get\" class=\"form-inline payment-pre\" data-trp-original-action=\"\/giv-hjaelp\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"pre_project\" value=\"123\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"form-group form-amount\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"number\" value=\"\" name=\"pre_amount\" autocomplete=\"off\" placeholder=\"Amount in USD\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"form-group form-btn\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" class=\"btn btn-donate\" id=\"stoet_projekt_embedded\" value=\"Support\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\"Nineveh was a great city to God\" says Jonah 3:3. 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