Posted on 01/14/2021 6:38:58 PM PST by marshmallow
His Excellency made mention of President Trump's proclamation of the 850th anniversary of St. Thomas Becket's death
January 14, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – In this episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, Bishop Joseph Strickland focuses his attention on the importance and need for Christians to prepare for martyrdom in whatever form and whenever it may come.
Strickland and host Terry Barber talk about the proclamation from President Trump last month on the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket. Bishop Strickland called the proclamation from the president a form of “true leadership.”
Bishop Strickland states that Thomas Becket “was willing to die rather than buckle under any other authority, anyone who was denying Christ and denying the ability for the human person to be free, and [have the] conscience to pursue the life that Christ offers us.”
His Excellency proceeds to highlight the need for Christians in today’s society to be ready and willing to suffer for Jesus Christ, as many martyrs of the Church have done throughout history.
Strickland calls on Christians “to be ready for a new age of martyrdom. A martyrdom of giving up some freedoms...[and] to at least suffer the white martyrdoms of whatever suffering it means, whatever ostracizing it means...in order to be faithful to Jesus Christ.”
Strickland says that we have to pray to be “guided by the wisdom of God and the Holy Spirit” in order to discern when martyrdom is necessary. If it comes to that point, “we can’t deny the truth and we should resist,” he says.
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Not as long as a Christian can hold an AK47 or an AR15.
Martydom is bullsh*t. Make the OTHER bastard a martyr for HIS cause.
Luke 22:36
Knock yerself out, buddy.
Why not make the enemy suffer instead?
Dude, post 5, great minds.
Yeah
I dont plan on being a martyr
I will be a David, thank you, and a Samson, if I have to.
Screw that. I can still shoot.....
Christians need to man up now. Life is precious, don’t just give it up without a fight.
Revelation 2:
8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Never much believed in turn the other cheek.
Never been much good at it, and don’t intend to be.
Stand tall, or don’t stand at all.
And folks can quote all the bible passages they want, all day long.
NOT defending your life is suicide, and suicide is a sin, so that pretty much ends the discussion.
If Trump does not have an ace up his sleeve, Christian persecution will become very real in this land.
Christians and patriots are persona non grata.
Bishop Strickland is right.
Turn the other cheek is a cop out used by many wusses. In the context of the Bible it was meant to be taken to do that with your brothers and sisters in the family, not someone trying to take your life or the life of your neighbor. Many Christians nowadays will use anything they can to justify the chicken way out. Jesus didn’t chicken out, nor should we.
“...Jesus didn’t chicken out, nor should we....”
Well said, brother. Well said.
And don’t forget all those “must-see” Holocaust movies: always the despair. Calculated to demoralize and steal your fight.
And no offense intended to you, Ben.
That's so that when they come knocking on your door for safety checks. Just thank the Lord you followed the good Bishop's advice.
“...Calculated to demoralize and steal your fight....”
Never worked for me.
I loaded mags instead of weeping.
A brother asked him: *Where is your faith?
Aren't you ready when you time has come?
Preacher: Not if it's that other feller's time first.
I have come across a lot of preachers that carry.
Unfortunately, mine do not.
I may have lost my Church today, when I found out the Disciples of Christ denounced POTUS Trump.
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