ERITREA: "This Inner Peace"

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🗓️ 6 October 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

“Whenever I read the Scripture, it’s full of persecution.” For Dr. Berhane, a Christian from Eritrea, persecution is not only in Scripture, it’s also a part of his personal story. He spent 11 months in prison for his faith in Christ. But even in prison he saw God’s hand at work and found opportunities to witness to others. Listen as he shares about how prison guards would come and read the names of prisoners to be executed that day, with each prisoner wondering if that day was the day their name would be on the list. Yet in the midst of suffering and executions, Dr. Berhane says he experienced an inner peace through the presence of Jesus Christ. Today, he is a voice for persecuted Christians in Eritrea, and says there is more freedom for Christians to worship inside Eritrean prisons than there is for Christians outside of prison. Be inspired as he shares his own story, and equips us to pray for Christians currently imprisoned in Eritrea, this week on VOM Radio.

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0:00.0	Every time you read the Bible, do you realize what a gift that is?
0:05.0	Or when you meet with other believers, are you thankful?
0:10.0	Or when you listen to Christian music.
0:13.5	A gospel worker named Dr. Barhane lived in Eritrea,
0:17.7	where all those activities are illegal.
0:20.9	He says the government of Eritrea will sometimes make citizens sign a statement that says
0:27.0	I will never meet with other Christians who will never read the Bible.
0:32.0	I will never pray. I will never read the Bible, I will never pray, I will never share the gospel and I will never
0:36.5	listen to gospel song.
0:40.8	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:47.0	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:50.0	Jesus' words came true in the life of the Apostles, and they're still coming true today in the lives
0:55.7	of his followers around the world.
0:57.8	Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help,
1:02.4	right now on the Voice of the Martyrs
1:04.0	radio network. Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
1:09.7	We're going to talk about a country today that probably many of you wouldn't be able to find on a map
1:16.2	Even if I told you it was in Africa when I say Eritrea most of you maybe scratch your heads and say is that even a country or where is that? So we have a
1:26.2	guest who is from Eritrea. He is from that great country on the northeast part of Africa near Ethiopia and it's a
1:37.0	country that many of us couldn't find on a map. It's also a country where
1:40.9	almost a thousand of our brothers and sisters are currently in
1:45.0	prison because of their Christian faith. None of them has been formally
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