SOUTH ASIA: A True Vessel

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🗓️ 2 June 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

“Brother Matthew” is a pastor and church planter in South Asia, working among Muslims to share the gospel. After threats against his life and an attack on his brother, he was encouraged by family members to leave his country. He fled to a safe place, but God clearly called him to go back to his home country, in spite of the danger. Matthew obeyed, and since his return he’s seen explosive growth in his church planting work. Matthew says persecution is something God uses to purify and unify the church, and further it’s something that every Christian should be ready to experience. Let Matthew’s story inspire you to walk boldly with Christ, and remember this week to pray for Christians in South Asia.

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0:00.0	Imagine you know how valuable that would be? A pastor in South Asia says we can be like that
0:10.8	vase valuable for God's service but in order to be made pure and
0:16.4	reliable like that gold we need to expect the purifying fire of suffering.
0:23.0	He also want us to be pure, be purified.
0:27.0	So he want to send us in the fire, in the burner,
0:32.0	to make us really pure so if we don't experience the burner we cannot be
0:39.6	true vessel a solid vessel.
0:45.0	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:48.0	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:52.0	He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus's words
0:55.6	came true in the life of the Apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives
1:00.0	of his followers around the world. Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories
1:05.0	and learn how we can help.
1:07.0	Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:09.0	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:12.0	My name is Todd Nettleton, and we have a special guest this week.
1:15.4	I am actually on the road.
1:17.1	We're not in our studio in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
1:20.3	And I'm not gonna tell you where our friend is from.
1:24.0	We're going to call him Brother Matthew and he is from South Asia.
1:28.0	That's as specific as we'll get, living in a Muslim country in South Asia and has really an amazing testimony of God's faithfulness.
1:37.0	So I know you're going to enjoy and be encouraged by him.
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