- 08 Dec 2017 19:51
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They aren't the same, but they are both martyrdom. They are both suffering for the faith. The greatest love is laying down one's life for a friend, but if God is truly your friend, you will lay down your life in His service and out of obedience to His teachings, no matter how politically incorrect and unpopular they may be.
That is the mark of a true Christian, being loyal unto death, even for beliefs that others feel content to ridicule as prejudiced, backward, antiquated, or mean.
"It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals... is incompatible with freedom."
- Patrick Henry
Pants-of-dog wrote:I doubt that martyrdom in the service of others is actually considered the same as “martyrdom” in one’s own service.
They aren't the same, but they are both martyrdom. They are both suffering for the faith. The greatest love is laying down one's life for a friend, but if God is truly your friend, you will lay down your life in His service and out of obedience to His teachings, no matter how politically incorrect and unpopular they may be.
That is the mark of a true Christian, being loyal unto death, even for beliefs that others feel content to ridicule as prejudiced, backward, antiquated, or mean.
"It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals... is incompatible with freedom."
- Patrick Henry