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Suffering & The Gospel (feat. Pastor Saeed Abedini)

Dad Tired

Jerrad Lopes

Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Parenting

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Scripture tells us that we are heirs with Christ if we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him. But few of us can say we have truly suffered persecution for Christ the way believers in scripture did. Pastor Saeed Abedini is one of those few and his story is compelling. Join host Jerrad Lopes as he talks with Pastor Saeed about coming to Christ, his four-year imprisonment in Iran for sharing his faith and the controversies that have arisen since his release. If you followed Pastor Saeed's story in the media, this episode is your chance to hear his firsthand account and learn the story behind the headlines. Host: Jerrad Lopes Guest: Saeed Abedini, an Iranian American Christian pastor who was imprisoned in Iran for threatening “national security” for being a Christian and for sharing his faith with Muslims. Mentioned during the episode: · Matthew 6:33: "But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." Connect with Dad Tired: · To subscribe on iOS, go to our iTunes page and subscribe. · Leave an iTunes review, this lets us and others know what you think and increases the chance that other dads will find us. · Like and Follow Dad Tired on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for updates. · Join our Dad Tired closed Facebook group for men who are trying to figure out how to be better disciples, husbands, fathers, and men. Show notes provided by Dad Tired contributor Jared Meade.

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0:00.0

What's up guys? I'm Jared Lopes and you're listening to the Dad Tired

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podcast where I'm helping everyday families learn how to follow Jesus and

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everyday life. light. How's it going guys?

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How's it going guys? How's it going guys?

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Jared Lopes back here with you on the Dad Tired podcast.

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If you're new to the Dad Tired community and ministry,

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we'd love to have you join us and what we're doing.

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You can go to Dad Tired.com

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and learn more about our ministry.

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For those of you that listen listening each week, thank you and welcome back.

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This week I had a chance to sit down with Pastor Saeed Abadini,

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who is the Iranian-American pastor who is taken into custody in Iran, spent over three and a half

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years in an Iranian prison for his faith, beaten and tortured and psychologically tortured, and just removed from his family was devastating.

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He was taken into prison because he was encouraging the church.

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He was boldly proclaiming the gospel and the government did not like that.

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They accused him, his charges were threatening national security but they never gave

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any specifics as to how he was actually doing that.

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So we know that it's because that he was boldly proclaiming his faith

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and it being a Muslim country.

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They did not like the fact that he was really leading in many ways the Christian church movement in Iran.

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In 2016, Pastor Saeed was released from president with the help of President Obama and the Pope

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and many other major influential

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