Answer: We are to
follow our Savior’s example.
When God showed me this again, I gained a greater understanding of how we are to face persecution as children of God.
“He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. Unjustly condemned, he was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream. But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people. He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave.” Isaiah 53:7-9
What strikes the spiritual cords are these words, “He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. Unjustly condemned, he was led away. He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal;”
Jesus who was sinless said NOTHING to justify and defend himself even as he suffered scourging of whips, humiliation, ridicule, hung on a cross as a criminal by his hands and feet and given sour wine from a soldiers sanitary sponge. Jesus said NOTHING. He was a sheep silent before the knife of death.
Now think of our brothers and sisters
in Christ have been imprisoned, tortured, and slaughtered because they confess
Jesus as Lord and Savior.
Jesus said “Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matthew 10:28
Our lives are to mean something. Evil wants to tempt us to fight back but “woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!” (NOTE: Matthew 18:7)
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