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Friday, March 23, 2018
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Good News: How 'Paul, Apostle of Christ' Gets the Bible Right - CHARISMA NEWS
Good News: How 'Paul, Apostle of Christ' Gets the Bible Right
Paul, Apostle of Christ is coming only a week after the success of I Can Only Imagine, but the market may have room for two Christians movies this good. In its video review, Plugged In assures Christian moviegoers that they need not fear heresy or Noah-like reimaginings in this movie. In fact, the reviewer says, "Let me just tell aspiring faith-oriented moviemakers: This is how it's done." What makes Paul, Apostle of Christ so good? Watch the review to find out.
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24 Vietnamese Christians Attacked, Forced to Renounce Christ - CBN News
24 Vietnamese Christians Attacked, Forced to Renounce Christ
CBN News 03-21-2018
Two dozen Christians in Vietnam were recently attacked by a mob for their faith.
The incident happened in the north-western highlands of the country when members of an ethnic group known as Hmong decided to accept Jesus Christ.
Their conversion provoked the village chief who threatened to expel the believers from the community if they didn't renounce their new-found faith.
The Hmong Christians refused to recant, prompting a mob to attack them. According to the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), four of the Christians were hospitalized with injuries to the head and arms.
The attacks come on the heels of the new Law on Belief and Religion passed earlier this year giving Vietnam's government more powers to control religious practices in the country.
"Such attacks and acts of harassment against religious communities have multiplied recently in Vietnam," VCHR noted in a statement. "The authorities are invoking the law to criminalize legitimate religious activities, creating a climate of impunity for a wide range of violations of freedom of religion or belief."
Despite Vietnam's political and economic opening in recent years, the communist government is still wary of people of faith. Religions of all persuasions, but in particular Christianity, are often viewed with suspicion.
"Laws are passed that disadvantage the Christian minority, and their implementation at the grassroots level leads to persecution from local officials," said Open Doors, a group that monitors religious freedom around the world.
Roman Catholics are by far the largest Christian community. Yet, some of the fastest church growth is happening among remote tribes like the Hmong. In many cases, these tribal groups "experience the most intense persecution, especially in the rural areas" of the country.
"These believers face exclusion, harassment, discrimination, loss of property and even violent attack for their faith," said Open Doors, which ranked Vietnam among the top 50 countries where Christian persecution is most severe.
Roughly 400,000 of the one million Hmong in Vietnam are Christians. The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights says new restrictions on church activities are forcing many Hmong converts to make difficult choices on where they can gather for worship.
"These small Christian groups in the remote highland areas are being forced to join the larger, state-registered denominations," said Vo Van Ai, president of VCHR in a statement. "This is not only impractical – the churches are based in the large towns – but local Christians also object that state-registered churches have compromised on religious practices in order to obtain registration."
"Those who do not conform to these demands risk harassment and persecution, as in the case of the Hmong," he added.
According to published reports, some eight million of the roughly 92 million people in Vietnam identify as Christian.
THE LOVING GOD FOUND NOAH (GENESIS 6:1-12) Pastor Abel Oyewale Nigeria, West Africa
Pastor Abel Oyewale
THE LOVING GOD FOUND NOAH (GENESIS 6:1-12)
Pastor Abel Oyewale Nigeria, West Africa
March 23, 2018
A. THE WORLD WAS DEPRAVED ( Genesis 6:1-7 )
Though God's eyes can not behold evil, yet, in the midst of wickedness, His eyes can, and do spot the righteous. If we keep ourselves for God. He would identify with us and favour us in this world of wickedness.
"Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the heart, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."
One may wonder why God would allow man to continue to multiply on the face of the earth fulfillmentnt of His earlier blessing, despite man's fall.and waywardness. God's love truly in action.
This increased tempo of man's wickedness notwithstanding, God's eternal redemptive programme has remained intact. His undying love has kept Him intervening .
Most saddening and discouraging is the fact that the Lord saw that the world was now evil - not what He had intended it to be. Yet He still had compassion on the dying man.
God was grieved (filled with pain) that the people He had created and loved became so sinful, and no longer loved Him. The grief here can be compared to that of a father who finds his most beloved son misbehaving, with impunity. I hope you are not still one of those grieving Him today.
This divine decision didn't come from bitterness or hatred against humanity. Rather, God's love wanted to purify the earth and make it more conductive to live in for the righteous.
Christ is our righteousness. In Him we trade our depravity for His restoration and life. Accept His Lordship now.
B.THE LORD SAW NOAH. (Genesis 6:8-12 )
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Noah had chosen to work with God, a thing that was obviously made possible by God's enablement. God's grace and love equipped him to represent God's righteousness. Are you praying for such a grace?
The grace of God enabled Noah to live differently from others. Grace found him as he deliberately obeyed God. This was God's love and grace in action.
How can any man walk with God if God does not bring him closer to Himself. God's love located just Noah, bringing him closer to fulfil the essence of God's love.
Be conscious of your new status in Christ and do away with earthly entanglements so as to keep enjoying the love of God.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL IN JESUS CHRIST NAME.
SHALOM.
Pastor Abel OyewaleAbba Father International Fellowship-Nigeria
Email: souls4christ2005@yahoo.com
PASTOR ABEL OYEWALE
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