September 2021 Persecution Magazine

Dear friend,
South Asia was once a region where Christianity flourished, but
it has turned into a war zone for the faith. In India, the faith is
thriving. But it is under great attack by Prime Minister Modi and his
radical Hindu thugs in the BJP.
Christians living in the region’s Islamic countries, like Pakistan,
are beaten down by the rules and culture of fundamentalist Islam.
These instances are by design, as Islam’s rules are meant to slowly
strangle Christianity.
In war-torn Afghanistan, Christians are entering a period of extreme testing. Soon you will see videos
of Christians being publicly shot or beheaded. Many are leaving, but many remain. They will stay in
hopes of reaching the lost around them, knowing full well that there’s a good chance that they will be
discovered and killed.
It’s easy to look at this situation and wonder where you can find even a glimmer of hope. Ahh, but
that only means we are seeing with our minds instead of His Spirit.
You see, under persecution, the faint of heart leave, but the most devoted stay. They go underground
and hang onto the Father with everything they have. That dependence causes the river of God to flow
into those persecuted believers.
The life that flows into them is sensed by those around them. They see a glimmer of light in the utter
darkness and, like moths, are drawn to it and the life they sense.
With a knife to its throat and a gun to its head, the Church eternal goes underground, but given time,
the river overflows and washes away the very regimes and faiths that seek to kill it.
Ancient Rome and various other ancient regimes were washed away by the river. The current Iranian
regime’s foundation is washing away and will soon be gone. In China, decades of imprisonment,
torture, and murder have done their job. Now, the Church there numbers 150-200 million. Mao’s
disciples who sought to crush the faith in China will suffer the same fate.
So have no fear; the river flows out into the earth and becomes broader and deeper with each passing
year. Our job is two-fold. The first is to love and support our persecuted brothers through the dark
night.
The second is to learn from them. We must let the crushing pressures of life push us to Him. Dying of
thirst, we must beg Him to release His river of living water into our souls. To be filled to overflowing
and let that water spill over to those around us who are dying of thirst. To become a channel for His
river that is bringing light and life to a dark and dying world.
Be blessed, take heart, and may your thirst be quenched!
Jeff King
President: International Christian Concern | Persecution.org
Author: Islam Uncensored and The Last Words of the Martyrs
Podcast Host: Into The Deep
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