CHINA: The Purpose of God

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🗓️ 21 September 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

This week we’ll meet the pastor of an unregistered church congregation in China. Because of the danger to him for sharing his story, we aren’t sharing his name and you’ll only hear the voice of his translator during the interview.

He’s been detained by police more than 20 times, and he says of course there is fear when police raid his church or come to arrest him. But he’s seen God work through him inside prison cells, including seeing fellow prisoners come to Christ for the first time, and says he’s willing to go back to prison if his being there is part of God’s purpose.

He’ll give an update on the current wave of persecution in China, and talk about why the Communist Party leaders are so afraid of the growth of the church. Finally, the pastor will give specific ways to pray for the nation of China as a whole, and for the church there, including Christians currently in prison for their faith in Christ.

We’ll also hear, as we continue to commemorate the five-year anniversary of VOM Radio, from a man detained inside North Korea—just one of many powerful stories God has allowed VOM Radio to share over the past five years. (You can hear his complete story here.)

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0:00.0	What does persecution look like for Chinese believers in Jesus in 2019?
0:06.0	This House Church pastor describes what it's like in his country.
0:12.0	I've been taken to a custody custody in about more than 20 times.
0:15.0	I've been in prison for sometimes three months.
0:17.8	I can't say that I don't have any fear.
0:19.6	I don't have any fear. I don't have any fear. I don't have any fear.
0:22.1	But if it's the purpose of God that I have to go to jail,
0:25.4	then I'll do what I have to do.
0:29.4	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact he told his disciples that the world
0:34.7	would hate them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus's words came true in the
0:40.5	life of the Apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of
0:44.3	his followers around the world. Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their
0:48.1	inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs
0:52.4	radio network.
0:53.7	You know we all face things in life that are difficult.
0:57.3	We all need courage to face those things with God's help and to trust in his plan. Be prepared to be encouraged to face some of those
1:06.3	fears today here on Voice of the Martyrs radio. In a few minutes we're going to
1:10.6	get to know a pastor in China who regularly faces opposition
1:15.6	and arrest because of his gospel work. But before that we're going to hear a
1:20.8	different story about a man who was detained for his faith in Christ in the most closed country on earth.
1:29.0	All through September we're celebrating the five-year birthday of the Voice of the
1:33.4	of the Martyrs radio. We're looking back at some of the most inspiring stories
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