Myanmar: Whatever the Cost

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🗓️ 17 November 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The family in Myanmar had recently come to Christ when they were called to the monastery to stand before the entire community and a gathering of Buddhist monks. The monks explained that there was no room for Christians in that area. If the family wouldn’t denounce their new faith and return to Buddhism, then their safety couldn’t be guaranteed. Boldly, the family said that, whatever the cost, they would keep following Jesus. Within 48 hours, the high cost of their stand for Christ became clear. Listen as Brother John shares this amazing story and more stories of how God is at work in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). John will also share how “Tortured For Christ,” written by VOM’s founder, Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, inspired him in his walk of faith and in his ministry for the Lord. Your faith will be inspired as you hear how Christians in Myanmar are advancing the gospel in spite of opposition. (You can give online to VOM’s Front-Line Ministry Fund, which provides financial help for Front Line gospel workers like John and those he leads, including things like pigs and motorcycles that he talks about in this episode.)

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0:00.0	Have you ever felt peer pressure? I think all of us have. A family from Myanmar who came to know Jesus experienced extreme peer pressure when they were asked to visit the local Buddhist monastery.
0:14.0	Brother John tells us how many local Buddhists had gathered
0:18.0	to pressure this family to renounce their faith in Christ.
0:22.0	Four to 500 people were there together, and inside the monastery,
0:26.0	they saw about 40 to 50 Buddhist monks from different places
0:31.0	and the leader of the Buddhist monks
0:33.2	start asking if there is any Christian among them.
0:38.3	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:41.5	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them. He sent
0:45.4	them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus's words came true in the life of the
0:50.0	Apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the
0:54.3	world. Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how
0:58.8	we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
1:02.1	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:02.7	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:04.8	My name is Todd Nettleton, and we are in our studio today
1:08.3	in Bartlesville, Oklahoma with one of our sort of first name only guests.
1:13.9	You know, sometimes on V.O.
1:15.0	radio, we have people.
1:16.1	We can't share their full name because of their security.
1:20.4	This week is one of those weeks.
1:21.8	So our guest today, we're just going to call him brother John.
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