I just went to go see "God's Not Dead 2" last night with my family and I can't say enough about how INSPIRING it was! I sat there in the theater and was set on fire to have courage in the midst of persecution and a world who doesn't believe in Jesus! It was so hard not to get boiling mad when the antagonists in the movie talked so badly about the Christians and how they didn't like them or what they stood for! It is often so hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that there are actually people who do not and will not believe in God not matter how much evidence is staring them in the face.....it makes me feel so helpless for their sake because I know what they are missing and it mourns me that they will never experience God's Scandelous love and forgiveness! However, while there were times in the movie that I was so mad because of what the people who were not Christians were trying to do, it made me realize what a BROKEN world we live in and how everything that happened in the movie is happening in the 2016! People don't believe in God, they are trying to disprove his existence, and they are trying to tear us down from the beliefs and life we hold on so tightly to. The thing is, while we often shrink back in fear of the persecution that attacks Christians around us and worry that the same people will come after us, it is really the world who is afraid!!! The world is afraid of what Jesus can do.......inwardly they know he existed, they know he is real, and they know he has the power to do anything......that is why they battle so much against him because they are afraid that if EVERYONE believes in him they will have no power! Our GOD is POWERFUL......he is REAL.....and he will NEVER ABANDON us in the midst of the persecution that threatens to take away all that we have and know. I am constantly reminded of 1 Peter 3:12-14: "Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though somethings strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share in Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you." Jesus was persecuted when he was here on earth! He died because of what he believed, who he was, what he said, and how he lived. Never once think that he doesn't know what you go through! Never think that he doesn't care about the persecution in our lived. HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE!!! He lived it in the flesh as a man here on earth 2,000 years ago.....we have proof of this in the Bible! When you feel like the persecution that attacks you is unfair, just remember that you are sharing in Christ's sufferings and that you will be blessed! You life is ALL for God's GLORY no matter if you suffer, fall, or fail...............God will use you greatly just STAND FIRM IN HIM and never bow to what the world wants!!! By
Madison McQuary
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About The AuthorMadison is a college student passionate about empowering Christian teens of the 21st century to live life BOLDNESS in a weak world. Join me as I seek to start a BOLD>REVOLUTION. Archives
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