I’m not certain if you are implying his decision to surrender to Islam is betrayal of Christ.
If so, it’s Much easier to judge and righteously condemn him from the safety of our own shores.
Face to face confrontation with a man who Will coarsely cut your head off would likely bring about submission in many Christians soldiers in order to live another day by dead of night escape.
US Military Survival manual: Survive Evade Resist Escape.
RE: “a man identifying himself as Mostafa Abu Alzer recites the “Shahada,”
Chaff being separated from the wheat.”
It’s a sin, but if he was a believer it is not the unforgivable sin, he can’t shed his salvation.
The superior thing would be, yes, to sacrifice for the sake of his Savior. I have a hunch that this is not going to get him left alone, though. The issue will be forced in the future.
This is just the beginning. People are oblivious to the plight of Christians. They don’t care because they don’t get it. These are sad times around the world especially in the USA where God has provided us with so much. I believe God’s protection is being lifted from our country because of our perversion as a nation as well as our weak or absent stand with Israel.
If that is true - I've never seen a lower FR post.
Imagine being a 70 year old Christian, sitting in Syria with no money to pay the tax.
Some FReeper in the US, sitting in front of his $1,000 computer decides the Syrian Christian is betraying Christ. With no information about the Christian or his circumstances he decides to play God and declares it is a betrayal.