And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
Luk. 12: 4-9
@sarikorpi
If it was only a quick death no problem...but it's how death is accomplished where things get dicey.
@sarikorpi
That's what the Communists did in the former USSR too- get those caught & tortured to betray the body of Christ.
@Keeper Yes. And I'm convinced these methods are still in use and persecuted Christians in different countries suffer from it every day. We in West have used to have a liberty of speech and thinking, but we see these things has started to change in a short time.
@sarikorpi
Yes, indeed
Unfortunately may of the sheeple hardly notice the reduction of the freedoms that have made this country truly a "city on a hill" and a bright and shining light for liberty.
@Keeper Yes exactly! How to stand up with the torture?
I've been thinking if it would help if I would REALLY understand more about what eternal hell really means. To be thrown into the lake of fire and suffer there for forever and ever, without anything of God in that place! And to understand that that's where I'll end up if I deny Christ! Because in that book, to prove the police that they really wanted to deny Christ, they had to give names of other Christians. That's horrible!