Prepare for Persecution

[Emily~Anne]

How about being allowed to bring any book to work, except the bible?

You can bring a Bible to work with you. People do so all the time. Now, can you proselytize to others at work? No of course not, your not being paid to do that. Thats not persecution though.

My husband was given medical retirement within a month of this and did not pursue it. But yes, likely they were out of bounds to tell my dh he could not bring his bible. But that is besides the point. His work actually told him not to bring his bible to work! That is the point! And i read of a post here at Worthy where someone else had that same problem. once again, surely the employer was out of bounds, but again, that is besides the point.

[forrestkc]

How about being allowed to bring any book to work, except the bible?

You can bring a Bible to work with you. People do so all the time. Now, can you proselytize to others at work? No of course not, your not being paid to do that. Thats not persecution though.

My husband was given medical retirement within a month of this and did not pursue it. But yes, likely they were out of bounds to tell my dh he could not bring his bible. But that is besides the point. His work actually told him not to bring his bible to work! That is the point! And i read of a post here at Worthy where someone else had that same problem. once again, surely the employer was out of bounds, but again, that is besides the point.

But we need the full account here. How did they know that he brought his Bible to work? Was he proselytizing to others at work?

[Emily~Anne]

How about being allowed to bring any book to work, except the bible?

You can bring a Bible to work with you. People do so all the time. Now, can you proselytize to others at work? No of course not, your not being paid to do that. Thats not persecution though.

My husband was given medical retirement within a month of this and did not pursue it. But yes, likely they were out of bounds to tell my dh he could not bring his bible. But that is besides the point. His work actually told him not to bring his bible to work! That is the point! And i read of a post here at Worthy where someone else had that same problem. once again, surely the employer was out of bounds, but again, that is besides the point.

But we need the full account here. How did they know that he brought his Bible to work? Was he proselytizing to others at work?

Actually he was not preselytizing at work, but say he was, should they ask him to stop proselytizing, or flat out not allow him to bring his bible? He was a supervising 911 dispatcher and worked in an open office. It would of been pretty hard for him to hide his bible.

[Smalcald]

Well there is true persecution and there is being made fun of and mocked.

We would fall more into the second camp, but that is what Christ said would happen. I do think we should prepare ourselves for future trails though. The more we seek to be part of the secular world, the more we will be disappointed when that world turns on us. The biggest danger in my mind to Christians in the US though is not currently overt persecution, but becoming subsumed into the culture that surrounds us. Although most of us are not Jews, and none of us are ancient Jews, God's handling of His people in those times is instructive. He told them to be a separate people with separate ways. Thus Jew's do exist today, while all of those who surrounded the Jews in Ancient Judea are no longer a people, they are all extinct as a people and a culture.

It may be time to begin to separate ourselves from this hedonistic culture. Ironically the more we attempt to separate ourselves the more true persecution we will probably face.

There is another side to this. Anyone can simply take a quick glance at this board and see where Christians mock and make fun of non-believers, those of other faiths, and groups like scientists all the time. Its a two way street.

Well to some degree. But let

[forrestkc]

Actually he was not preselytizing at work, but say he was, should they ask him to stop proselytizing, or flat out not allow him to bring his bible? He was a supervising 911 dispatcher and worked in an open office. It would of been pretty hard for him to hide his bible.

1. Yes they should be able to stop you from proselytizing, just like they can ask you not to sell Amway at work, or do anything else your not being paid to do while you are there.

2. It is perfectly legal to bring a bible to work with you.

[tsth]

Not allowing a group to persecute others is not persecution. We are a Christian controlled nation. Virtually everyone holding any political power in this country is a Christian.

What's interesting about the above is that supposedly 85% of adult Americans ARE claiming to be Christians, in this nation, which WOULD include the leaders. So, why on earth, are we so anti-God in everything called government in this country??? Maybe it's because we are a psuedo-Christian nation.

And the surprise will be that the TRUE Christians, will be persecuted by the psuedo Christians and the psuedo Christian govt....it's already taking place folks.

The last post from the What Is Truth thread:

Amen Sister,

I would just add, that it will be 'professing christian' against 'real christian', tares against the wheat, those who draw near to Jesus with their lips against those who love him with all their heart, mind, soul and strength and keep His commands.

God Bless you

Dennis,

What is Truth?

Isaiah 66:3 But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a man, and whoever offers a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig's blood, and whoever burns memorial incense, like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and their souls delight in their abominations; 4 so I also will choose harsh treatment for them and will bring upon them what they dread. For when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, no one listened. They did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me."

5 Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word: "Your brothers who hate you, and exclude you because of my name, have said, 'Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy!' Yet they will be put to shame.

Psalm 55:12 If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were raising himself against me, I could hide from him. 13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, 14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship as we walked with the throng at the house of God.

Jeremiah 9:6 You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me," declares the Lord. 7 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: "See, I will refine and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people?

In His Love,

Suzanne

[Burning_Ember]

If you think that CHristianity is persecuted in America as much as Jews in 1926, I cannot think how you could come to that reasoning unless you had a persecution complex of some kind. You have to ignore actual fact to a great degree.

Reality has a well known liberal bias. As does fact. From the FBI;

Religious Bias

Hate crimes motivated by religious bias accounted for 1,314 offenses reported by law enforcement. A breakdown of the bias motivation of religious-bias offenses showed:

68.5 percent were anti-Jewish.

11.1 percent were anti-Islamic.

7.8 percent were anti-other (unspecified) religion.

4.6 percent were anti-Catholic.

4.4 percent were anti-Protestant.

3.2 percent were anti-multiple religions, (i.e., groups of individuals of varying religions).

0.4 percent were anti-Atheism/Agnosticism.

Hate crimes, going by offenses by percentage of the population, are disproportionately against Jews, Muslims, and non-Christians in general. Looking at the trends, y'know who probably committed most of those hate crimes? People proclaiming Christianity. I doubt somehow the 15% (at most) percentage of the population that is non-Christian is committing most of those acts.

In America, if you loook at the facts, listen to the stories, it goes along with what logically happens in populations of any size. The Majority persecutes the minority.

[Oh Hamburgers!]

How can the majority persecute itself?

*hypothetical question that was directed at posts above burning ember's.

[Burning_Ember]

Catholics Vs Protestants, for example. The KKK is virulently anti-Catholic, for the most part.

[tsth]

How can the majority persecute itself?

*hypothetical question that was directed at posts above burning ember's.

EXACTLY! Now you get my point.

Unless of course, the majority isn't really WHO IT SAYS IT IS!

Something's not adding up with regard to this nation! Is it?

In His Love,

Suzanne