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Acts chapter 22, verse 22.

Up to this word, they listened to him.

Then they raised their voices and said,

away with such a fellow from the earth.

For he should not be allowed to live.

Just let this soak in. This is Paul,

as he's being persecuted, proclaiming the gospel, the good news about Jesus, and testifying to how Jesus had changed his life. And when he speaks about this, about how Jesus has changed his life and how Jesus has called

him to make his love known among all the nations of the earth. And after he shares this,

they shout out away with this man from the earth.

He should not be allowed to live.

In other words, kill this man.

So picture it.

Here's a man testifying to Jesus and his glory among all the nations. And the world in this circumstance responds

by saying, kill him. I read this and I cannot help to think about persecuted brothers and

sisters around the world for whom this is a reality right now.

We have brothers and sisters in Christ who are testifying to Christ right now, and people around them are saying, away with these people from the earth, they should not be allowed to live.

And it might be, in some circumstances, foreign governments

saying that. So it might be a government in North Korea. As soon as a North Korean brother or sister

says anything about Jesus, the government says, away with them, sends them off to a labor camp where they languish until they

die. Or, in some parts of the world, it could be a family member. It could be a Somali,

mom or dad, or brother or sister, who when a family member says,

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