For Christ...

There is a huge buzz going on in Afghanistan, that some news medias are not covering. It involves a Afghani man who was arrested for committing a crime...well...ah, a religious crime. A crime where probably millions upon millions of people have at some time in their lives have done..what was it? He came to Christ..he converted from Islam to become a Christian. In this country, throughout every church at or around the time the preacher is done, with his sermon. He would call on usually the people who were identified as "visitors" to come down and accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their savior, along with a few back sliders. Usually, based on the size of the church, a handful of people would come down, some in tears, some joyfully and definitely some nervous. If you know what I'm talking about, you get the description. Now how many of you, left the church, started reading your bible more, attended every church program and class the church ever had and told everybody you know, you done found the Lord and you gonna start living your life like Jesus? What was the reaction? I'm pretty sure some of your friends, were like, "Yeah, whatever, I remember you used to drink everybody under the table and the sex, you slept with anything that walked - theres no way, you are gonna give up all that sex and drinkin." And being the friends they are, some will test you to see if you are really living on the up and up for Christ. However, how many of your friends have tried to have you killed for converting from a sinner to a Christian? Short of being in a gang, where they might be killed for leaving the gang. I trust it wasn't for becoming a christian, remember they have that code thing.

Now back to the story about the Afghani man, who was originally trying to gain custody of his children, but ended up in prison and eligible for the death penalty, according to Islamic law it is unlawful to convert from Islam to any other religion, to do so means death. And these people want this man dead...by any means necessary!

This kind of stuff make you proud to be a freakin' American, where you can practice within law any type of religion and not have your head threatened to be removed from the rest of your body. Death? just because you converted and now believe in the Lord Jesus Christ! Well if its God's will for this man to die for Christ, so be it. He will see his detractors in the end, knees shakin' and tongue tied before hittin' that Lake of Fire.

Source Story: http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20060322-090715-8777r.htm