Unshakable Hope: The Price and Power of Persecuted Faith.
Exposing the Ultimate "Teabag" Test and the Horrifying Price of Smuggling Bibles.
Have you ever wondered if you would have the courage to stand for Christ if it meant losing absolutely everything? What if the terrifying global tracking we saw during recent years is just a dress rehearsal for the ultimate test of the church?
In the gripping and profoundly sobering audio class, "Hope Despite Persecution & Suffering", Dr. John Barnett takes you straight to the blood-stained soil of the early persecuted church to reveal exactly how believers can face unimaginable suffering with absolute, unshakable hope.
If you want to conquer your fear of the future and discover what true, fearless Christianity looks like, you absolutely must listen to this message today.
Here is what you will discover in this essential biblical study:
The Spiritual "Teabag" (Matthew 5 & 2 Timothy 3): God explicitly promises that all who desire to live godly will suffer persecution. Dr. Barnett brilliantly explains that believers are exactly like teabags—God intentionally dips us into the "hot water" of suffering so the rich treasure of Christ inside us is revealed to the world.
The Impossible Border Crossing: Hear Dr. Barnett’s heart-stopping, true story of sitting at the Moroccan border with a trailer packed with 6,000 Arabic Bibles. Discover the miraculous moment the noon whistle blew, saving his team from a meticulous vehicle tear-down that surely would have landed them in a foreign prison.
Polycarp and the Pinch of Incense (Revelation 2:8-11): Travel to the ancient city of Smyrna, where citizens were forced to burn a pinch of incense to the Roman Emperor to receive a Libelli certificate of safety. Be deeply moved by the courage of their 86-year-old Pastor, Polycarp, who flatly refused this deadly compromise and was burned alive at the stake.
The Engineer of Christian Extinction: Discover the chilling efficiency of Emperor Diocletian, an engineer who nearly wiped Christianity off the map by systematically executing pastors and destroying every complete copy of the Bible. Learn the incredible historical parallel of how both the ancient church and modern communist-era Romanian believers miraculously preserved the Word of God by tearing it into pieces to hide in their homes.
The Fearless Faith of Boaz: Be brought to tears by the jaw-dropping story of a Romanian underground believer named Boaz. Discover the horrifying reason his fingernails were thick and blackened—police repeatedly drove pine slivers under his nails and set them on fire every single time he was caught. Yet, his absolute hope in Christ drove him to fearlessly continue smuggling Bibles!
The Headquarters of Satan (Revelation 2:12-17): Discover why Jesus explicitly identified the city of Pergamus as the exact place "where Satan dwells". Unpack the terrifying martyrdom of Antipus, who was baked alive inside a hollow idol of Zeus, and heed Christ’s massive warning that sin is highly contagious and must be radically repented of.
Stop living in a fragile bubble of Western comfort and start aggressively preparing your heart as a "spiritual prepper" to stand firm in the coming storm!
Listen to "Hope Despite Persecution & Suffering" today to completely strip away your fear of suffering, confidently refuse the world’s compromises, and anchor your soul in the power of an endless life!
WOLNY-2024-05 – Hope Despite Persecution & Suffering (240403AM) –
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