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In Jeremiah chapter 38 verse 4 then the officials said to the king let this man be put to death, for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in the city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them.

For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm.

What a picture, as Jeremiah continues to be persecuted and opposed for proclaiming God's word.

Here he is specifically labeled as harming people by speaking God's word to them. And as I read that, I think about many

cultures around the world where those who share the gospel are seen as a threat. I think

about tribes and villages that I've walked among in the Himalayas where to share the gospel is seen as

introducing a foreign competing God into that village and as a result people have been

stoned for sharing the gospel in those villages I think about governments that do not want the gospel to spread in their

country because they see it as a threat to them as harmful to their nation.

And then I think about my own culture, increasingly so,

where God's word and those who believe it,

and those who live according to it, and those who believe it and those who live according to it and those who would

be so bold as to share it are seen as offensive and even dangerous to define marriage according to the Bible or to define gender or understand

sexuality according to God's word is seen as offensive and harmful to others.

And so I just want to pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ in many places around the world,

as well as in the context where each of us live, that we would trust God's word, that we would share God's word with

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