Beheading in the Bible: Are You Ready to Lose Your Head for Jesus? — Jason Cooley

It's a good question. Yeah, it's a good question to ask yourself here. And I'm gonna ask you are you ready to lose your head for Jesus? What's your thing with are you ready to lose your head for Jesus?

And we're gonna talk about beheading in the Bible and see how how it was used in the Bible now. It's gonna be used in the end times the Bible says all right, and now we need to be thinking about these things.

Amen, we should be there. Are you willing to lose your head for the Lord Jesus Christ? Good question to ask yourself. You know really another way you could ask us. How real is your faith? Amen how real is your faith?

The Witness of the Beheaded Saints

Revelation chapter 20 verse number 4. And I saw thrones and they they sat upon them and Judgment was given unto them and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus and For the Word of God and Which had not worshipped the beast neither his image neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hands and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

I Don't think a good companion verse to this is Acts chapter 21 and verse number 13. Then Paul answered what mean ye to weep and to break mine heart. For I am ready not to be bound only but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Let's pray father. Help us Lord to be sober and serious about this and understand the magnitude of this Lord. Understand How it's an important question Lord, it's important for us to understand the Bible on these matters and understand that these times are getting dark.

Jesus name we pray a man. You know when you think about this, it's not very it's not like a popular thing to think about or anything. I don't go around want to think about that every day. Am I gonna lose my head for the Lord today?

Amen, not not very soothing or comfortable in that sense to understand that but our forefathers always lived in an atmosphere. That that was possible. Why should you and I be any different? Why should you and I be any different?

Why should we think that we are better than that or that we are above that in some way that you and I wouldn't lose Our heads or could not lose our heads for Christ's sake. Well beheading was very number one.

Beheading as a Form of Killing in the Old Testament

Beheading was a popular way of killing in the Bible. Turn to Judges chapter 7, please. We'll go through some of these references here and show you how beheading was a popular a popular thing in the Bible.

I can be louder than that. Right Nate move the flowers over hold down your children. We got a big fan in here. All right. All right. Judges chapter 7 verse number 25. And they took two princes of the Midianites Oreb and Zeb and They slew Oreb upon the rock.

Oreb and Zeb. They slew at the winepress of Zeb and pursued Midian and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeb to Gideon on the other side of Jordan. They took their heads. Brought him as a trophy first Samuel chapter 5 in verse number 2.

When the Philistines took the ark of God and they brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon and When they have Ashton arose early on the morrow. Behold Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord and they took Dagon and set him in his Place again, and when they arose early on the morrow morning behold Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground Before the ark of the Lord and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold.

Only the stump of Dagon was left to him. Amen. What some important symbolism there, isn't it? Did you notice the head was gone? The head was gone first Samuel chapter 17 in verse number 46. This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand and I will smite thee and take thine head from thee and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day into the fowls of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel and All this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear.

For the battle is the Lord's and he will give it give you into our hands. What happened here. David was taken the head of Goliath. He was going to kill Goliath. And what did he do? He took his head. Took his head off.

It's kind of brutal, isn't it? Think about that. It's kind of brutal. How about Saul? We know he had his head cut off, didn't he? Second Samuel chapter 4 verse number 7. For when they came into the house He lay on his bed in his bedchamber and they smote him and slew him and beheaded him.

David had some or there were some men that turned against The house of Saul and what they do they killed the man his own bed and they chopped his head off. So it's pretty gruesome to think about isn't it?

It sure is. But I guess in these end times and we see things in Revelation chapter 20. I guess we better be thinking about some of these things. I Guess we better be thinking about the possibility of those things.

2nd Samuel chapter 20 in verse number 21. The matter is not so but a man of Mount Ephraim Sheba the son of birch I by name Hath lifted up his hand against the king even against David. Deliver him only and I will depart from the city.

And the woman said in a Joab Behold his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. Pretty gruesome, isn't it? So we'll chop that guy's head off. We'll throw it out there. We don't the whole city to die.

I want you to think about something though. Is there may come a time where? Those people want to put the people of God to death because they don't want their city destroyed. So they'd be willing to give up the people of God.

They'd be willing to destroy the people of God. They'd be willing to take the heads of the people of God. You know, we are we live in this American experiment of a couple hundred years of religious liberty.

I mean, I guess you know somewhat you could go back to like the Magna Carta times and things like that. But I but Baptist didn't have liberty in those times at all. Amen in 1st Kings chapter 18 verse number 4.

For it was so when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord that Obadiah Took a hundred prophets and Hid them by 50 in a cave and fed them with bread and water. Then he wrote a letter a second time to them saying if you be mine.

And if you will hearken unto my voice take ye the heads of the men your master's sons and come to me to Jezreel. By tomorrow this time now the king's sons being 70 persons were with the great men of the city.

Which were that brought which brought them up. There were 70 sons 70 sons and They chopped all their heads off. They were with the great men of the city. That raised them up and what did they do? Took all their heads.

And it came to pass when the letter came to them that they took the king's sons and slew 70 persons and put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jezreel and There came a messenger and told him saying they have brought the heads of the king's sons.

And he said lay them in two heaps to the entry of the gate in the entry of the gate until the morning. Yeah, all 70 of them. 2nd Samuel chapter 20 verse number 22. Well, we talked about that one already we'll leave that one.

John the Baptist and the Cost of Faithfulness

Matthew chapter 14 and verse number 8. We find John the Baptist losing his head, right? Doesn't look very good for us if John the Baptist lost his head, right? Matthew chapter 14 verse number 8 and she being before instructed of her mother said give me here John Baptist head In a charger and the king was sorry nevertheless for the oath sake and then which sat with him at meat he commanded it to be given her and He sent it beheaded John in the prison and his head was brought in a charger and Given to the damsel and she brought it to her mother.

You know all through the Bible We see that people lost their heads and some lost their heads with the faith in Revelation chapter 20. We see that those they were beheaded for the sake of Christ. And I guess you really have to ask yourself is Christ's worth dying for.

You know, we've never been we've never been in a position really where we had to answer that as believers. But I really believe the Holy Ghost is preparing us for a time. If we live that long for a time when that will be an issue where you and I will have to decide.

Is he willing? Or is he worth dying for. Am I willing to die for Christ's sake? You know, I think about the boldness of preaching and everything and. And what I think about sometimes is these people that are in China and other countries around the world in Pakistan and other countries and they're being persecuted for the faith.

How can I not be bold when I have liberty here to do it? How come so many pastors in America are such pansies? Such babies. They're more scared than though of the women in their church. They're scared of the government.

They're scared and they don't even live in tyranny. But my brethren and sisters around the world are being mutilated and murdered and martyred and butchered. So, how can I not stand up? How can I not stand up and preach then?

How can I not be bold? What right do I have to withhold and not be bold as I should be? You and I can walk in the streets and we can preach and last night one church was down there for 40 ,000 49 ,000 people.

One church think about it. We have Liberty. You're not going to be arrested on the spot for walking out in the public and preaching. Matter of fact, we had six officers that were standing around there that waved.

It's a pretty good protection for us but one church one one church. And you're gonna tell me these same people are gonna be hit. We'll be willing to be headed for the cause of Christ that they will stand up.

That they will stand for Christ. When they can't even stand against 501 c3. Well, they can't even stand against the tax-exempt status and you don't even have to make a stand against it. All you got to do is not sign the paperwork.

And they can't stand against contemporary Christian music in the assembly. Come on folks who we fool in here. We live in such a pampered age. We think it's suffering for Jesus if the room is hot. Yeah, and we're not suffering.

Right. This isn't bad. It's nothing. I mean, you know. They're not dropping our babies off of off of the tops of mountains yet. Throwing them over cliffs and bashing their brains against the again against the ground.

We're not losing our head yet. Well, I ask you is he will is he worth it? Is Christ worth it? Ask yourself that question. Is Christ worth me losing my head. Is he altogether lovely and precious to you?

Is he worth it? Better ask yourself that question. Yeah, we think we have some special dispensation that we're gonna be covered that we're not gonna have to suffer anything. And by the way, your average pastor is not helping it by not preaching against what's going on out there.

And not preaching he's leaving people in deception and they're falling all around us. We're seeing them fall all around us fall to the world. It's hard for me to believe that these same people would lose their head when they're when they're afraid to they're they're afraid to lose.

Their pride to say something about Jesus Christ. Telling you what? I had somebody I knew yesterday I was walking down and I was walking downtown there and I had my scripture signs and we were all we were all walking there.

Somebody's know me for years Christian Preacher even he barely wanted to walk up and shake my hand kept walking the other way out of shame. He shook my hand and came back as he felt ashamed. Because he didn't and that's what brought him back as he was ashamed.

He knew that it was dishonoring God by him not doing it. You're supposed to greet your brethren like that. Especially if they're not unruly. Then I mean obviously we understand if somebody's in sin, there's a different, you know, there's a Problem with that.

I'm gonna go out of my way to cause an argument with somebody. I know I have a disagreement. I'm not gonna go pull them out of a crowd and talk to him but You just think about it number two in history many Baptist and Anabaptists were beheaded.

Baptist and Anabaptist Martyrdom

Many of our Baptist forefathers were beheaded. Concord us a deacon of the city of Spolota. He was beheaded for refusing to sacrifice to the image of Jupiter. I'm gonna tell you what that man thought when they showed him that image of Jupiter.

What do you think he thought? He thought it was the image of jealousy. He thought it was that Antichrist. Didn't he said I ain't bowing down to that. That's that image in Revelation chapter in the book of Revelation.

I'm not supposed to bow down nor serve it see. There are Antichrists that come in every generation. Now they are not the Antichrist that will come but there are Antichrists and there are false prophets in every generation.

Every generation must make their stand. And they must stand against wickedness and evil every generation. This man this Concord us. I guarantee you he was thinking no way I'm not bowing down to that image.

I know what that is. That's idolatry. That's that's that Antichrist image. I'm staying away from that. Fabian a bishop of Rome. Fabian. He was a bishop of Rome for 14 years and he organized the city of Rome.

When the Emperor began a persecution. Christians, probably the first one that was waged. Simultaneously in all parts of the Empire. Fabian is one of the first to be put to death setting a courageous example for others.

He was beheaded ad 250 during the reign of Decius. There's many others and we'll get to some dates and ever dates. But then the Jesuits they organized the killing of Louis the the the 16th and beheaded him.

It was a revenge for the Jesuits being thrown out of France by the French monarch. He's the Bourbon King the grandson of Louis the 16th. The Jesuits then beheaded Marie Antoinette and she's the Habsburg Queen the daughter of Maria Teresa.

It was a revenge for Maria Teresa expelling the Jesuit order from Austria. Took their head off. That same Antichrist spirit. When it's done against the believers of God, you can see it. You can see that Antichrist that hate for them in 1528.

Rattenberg in Rattenberg. Leonard Schimmer, he was beheaded. These are all Anabaptist. 1528 May 11th at Winehoard. Hans Edel was beheaded. By the way, these were beheaded by Roman Catholics and Protestants.

The Lutheran the Lutheran movement. Luther's movement beheaded these in Germany and other places. Protestants 1614 September 30th. Hans Landis in Zurich. He was beheaded 1571. Hans Hasselbacher, what a name, huh?

He was beheaded 1531. Man named Schneider was beheaded 1560. Hans Leitner landshut he was beheaded. By the way, these are all beheaded for their faith. These all lost their head for their faith. For what they believed and what they practice not for what they said they believed but wouldn't practice.

See, that's the where the rubber meets the road right there. Whether you'd be beheaded for Christ. For the sake of Christ. You see if you're a phony, you don't want to be beheaded for Christ's sake if you're not living for God now in Liberty.

Why would you live for him under tyranny? If you can't make it stand now in Liberty, why would you make it in tyranny? Ask yourself that question is Christ's worth you being beheaded. Is he worth it to you?

It's a very sobering question to ask yourself, isn't it a man named Meyer miter was executed. Together with Wolfgang Huber man. That's a name right there or Huber Wolfgang, sorry and 75 other Anabaptists.

Mm-hmm. 75 others beheaded. I'm just wondering some brother Russ. You think they thought the Antichrist was there right there. You think they thought of it? Hey, they they were losing their head for the cause of Christ and they figured the man of sin was there because they thought the Pope was a man of sin.

That's what they thought. Oh, they're losing their head for the cause and they were losing there for the cause of Christ. But they thought hey, I'm facing the Antichrist right here and every generation will face that Antichrist spirit.

See, but sometimes it's more subtle than others. Maybe it won't be beheading in some generations of our past in America. Maybe it was other things. It was the compromise. It was that another spirit that another spirit that was brought in but there's always a battle for every generation and God raises up men to fight those battles and I'll tell you some of the older men don't understand that.

They don't understand the battles that are there. And God takes those men usually home to be with the Lord as they're done their work is done. By the way, it's important to note that these people. They were beheaded.

Ullman was beheaded along with ten other Anabaptists. Their wives were drowned. They drowned them and They directed the children out of the country. Took the husband's heads and drowned the wives. And send their children off by themselves in another country.

It's important to note though that these people were beheaded by religious heads of the state dominion ism. Damnable is what it is. It's damnable and you got a bunch of guys out there that are pushing this dominion ism be they reformed or Catholic whatever they are.

But they're pushing this dominion ism and this control with the state with religion and it brings persecution. It always has. Baptists were always persecuted. They were all Baptists and Anabaptists alike.

They were always persecuted by the Protestants and the Catholics. Because they both ran states and everybody's fine when you follow their religion. But if you didn't then the Protestants of the Catholics you'd lose your head or your life one way or another.

Anabaptism was made a capital crime. Prices were set on the heads of Anabaptists to give them food and shelter was made a crime. The Duke of Bavaria in 1527 gave orders that the imprisoned Anabaptists should be burned at the stake unless they recanted in which case they should be beheaded.

So instead of burning them he figured I have some mercy on if they recant and I'll just take their head. Yeah. Yep. See, you know, it's with beheading. There's no pain. It's over. It's over pretty quickly.

You lose your head. But to be burned alive at the stake. Takes a little while, but is he worth it ask yourself? Is he worth it? Still want to be a Christian still want to follow the lamb with us whoever he goes.

Amen. Better ask yourself. I'm gonna tell you something right now. You can't live on mommy and daddy's faith. You better have your own. You better understand that right now. You can't live off the strength of your mother and father's faith.

You've got to have faith and you've got to have the faith of Christ and the power of God and the grace of God. In Lutheran and Zwinglian states Anabaptists were generally executed by beheading or drowning.

Oh. There's such nice people, aren't they? Those nice Protestants. They wouldn't do that to us today. Would they brother Russ? They wouldn't do that to us would they today? Those those Protestants and Catholics that they wouldn't do that to us would they?

Yeah, they'd do it for something. They can't even defend in the scriptures. Infant baptism. Show me one of them you liar. Show me one of them one infant baptism one. You can't show it. Because it's the badge of Antichrist.

That might cause some division. Well, I intended it to. Because the truth always does. By the way, they only knew Christ was worth dying for they knew their public profession of faith that baptism. They knew that was a death sentence.

How do you think they found him? They couldn't see what was in their heart. They seen what came out. They waited for those baptisms. Zwingli's favorite way of killing him was to drown him and you have Baptists that go over to those countries and they and they laud Zwingli.

And they look right over there like brother Beller said and there's a plaque for the martyred Anabaptists. I mean a stone in the stone edges stone for the martyred Anabaptists while they're lauding this statue of Zwingli.

These Baptists are lauding this statue of Zwingli stomping on their brethren. What's that brother? Yeah, I know they're not Lutheran Zwingli and states Anabaptists were generally executed by beheading or drowning.

The Anabaptists saw the church is being composed of transformed believers who were committed to Jesus and each other in a covenant community. Well, that sounds familiar, doesn't it? That sounds does that sound familiar to you.

Let me read that again to you the Anabaptists saw the church is being composed of transformed believers. Who were committed to Jesus and each other and covenant communities? Both Protestant and Catholic leaders viewed this as a threat to the established church.

See little local assemblies governing themselves. Yeah, those those are. Those are a danger to the standing order. Why. Well because it's easy to push the state, I mean all of them believe the same thing they're all together.

Independent bodies that are self-governed not the same. Not the same at all. So the Catholic leaders they viewed this as a threat to the established church as a result. The they imprisoned and severally persecuted many Anabaptists more than 4 ,000 were drowned.

Beheaded or burned at the stake as martyrs of their faith. That was just in one spot. That wasn't the whole I mean there were millions and It's estimated anywhere from 50 to 100 million. 50 or 100 million you see we that we Baptist Anabaptists were a danger to Protestants and Catholic Catholics by the way, we're still a danger to them.

Historical Persecution and the Antichrist Spirit

Are you ready to lose your head for Christ's sake? Are you? Because I'm gonna tell you what folks it'll be a challenge for you when you see that if it's if Christ is real in you. If you were facing that well, listen, you can you can go free.

See, I'm pre-trib. I don't have to worry about it folks. I don't care if you're preacher or post-trib. Judgment can come here right away. You tyranny can come here right away. Your country can be infiltrated right away.

Guillotines can be set up and Christians can be well, they're already here but but you can lose your head. Right here. You don't have to have a tribulation a time of tribulation yet that I didn't have to be the case before that happens.

You say can you prove that? Yeah, look at all these guys. I Can prove it through the Bible first and I can prove it through history. Look at history all of them lost their heads and it wasn't the tribulation.

We just think we're special right? That's that American exceptionalism, right? God wouldn't do that to his bride, right? Well, well, what did he do to the what did he allow to happen to the 50 million Baptists and Anabaptists that were drowned burned at the stake beaten raped children cut out of their wombs his own disciples in various provinces and Imperial Provost Marshall by the name of Berthold With his assistants put many Anabaptists to death on Christmas Day 1531 he drove 17 men and women into a farmhouse in Wittenberg and Wordenberg and burned the building together with the inmates.

350 Anabaptists were executed in Palatinate before the year 1530 in Anish I'm the slaughterhouse of Al's ik as it was called. 600 were killed within a few years within six weeks 37 were burned drowned or beheaded at Linz in Austria.

Fellenberg the Hutterite said this he said we are accused also of condemning all who are not of our mind and who act not as We do that we deny we condemn no man. But we show to men their reprobate life and warn them of condemnation and this we do in accordance with the Word of God that cannot Lie, no human being can condemn another judgment is in the hand of the Lord.

But sinful evil works are what condemn a man when he has not left them in accordance with the Word of God and brought forth honest fruits of repentance. You mean they killed him for that he was beheaded for this for his faith July 10th 1560.

Wait a minute. That's the same thing you believe. Yeah it is listen folks I Don't believe they're gonna like try to repeal the first or second amendment or anything like that. That's not what they're gonna.

Do they're gonna do use the UN and Treaties and mandates to override it all you know why. Because God's people didn't care about his book and Crazy people in America didn't care about his book so gods if you don't care about my book I don't care about your stupid Constitution either.

End-Times Beheading and the Call to Stand

Number three. So we look at the end times. We see beheadings. We're very popular. Ask yourself am I ready to lose my head for Christ's sake. By the way the Waldensians they lost their head they were they were waiting for the coming of the Lord and lost their heads.

They thought it was right there. They thought Antichrist was on the scene right. These and other Anabaptists and Baptists lost their heads. By the way John the Baptist lost his head like we talked about.

Christians have and are being martyred all over the world. As these end times approaching we see the very popular. We're starting to see this. We're starting to see this hate for Christians in America more than ever real Christians.

Not the hybrid Christianity that's sold in America today, but real Bible Christians their positions are being hated more and more. They are being hated more and more. And I saw thrones and they just sat on him on The upon them and judgment was given unto them and I saw the souls of them that will be headed for the witness of Jesus.

Look at that for the witness of Jesus. And for the Word of God and Which had not worshipped the beast either his image either received his mark upon their foreheads or in their heads and their hands and They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

You know we're seeing this end times beheading become popular now. Listen what a federal appeals judge issued a blistering dissent in a death row case on Monday. Declaring that an execution system that relies on drugs is doomed and the guillotine will be better.

NBC News. He said the guillotine is probably best, but seems inconsistent with our national national ethos. Russ. Russ. What's an ethos? You know what that is? Nate do you know what an ethos is? Oh, what is that.

Oh? Ethics. I didn't hear you. I'm sorry. Okay ethics all right your ethics. We have ethics in this nation. Yeah, yeah. Some have reported that the USA has stockpiles of those in army bases and FEMA camps.

You ever heard that. I can't verify any of That but I've heard it. Right there's reports of that. What's that? Muslims have swords. Yeah, they do. Is that right. Isn't that unbelievable? Well, you know and they're either way the Bible shows us that beheading is part of the end times.

It's part of the destruction. That's part of the martyrdom of the Saints. They were beheaded for the witness of Jesus Christ and for the Word of God. For the witness of Jesus Christ, how about that is he worth it?

Are you ready and willing to lose your head for Christ's sake. Ask yourself that question does he mean? That much to me does Christ the sinless Son of God the God man Christ Jesus mean that much to you and I.

That we'd be willing to have our head lopped off or for the testimony of Jesus Christ and his Holy Word. By the way, you'll notice that it says for the Word of God. I mean you're not taking our Bible.

Amen. Would you fight for the Word of God? We're gonna take your Bible. No you're not. No, you're not. No, we're gonna fight for it when you have it. Yeah. Hey, let me ask you a question. Do you think I believe that most Christians would die for the Word of God when they don't even believe they have it?

They don't even believe they have the Word of God. They don't believe it's perfect inspired infallible preserved. How can you die for something? You don't even believe you have? Come on give me a break folks.

I don't believe they have it. It's not gonna happen. You're gonna see the falling away. These people wouldn't lose a hangnail for Jesus let alone their heads. Listen all those people I see walk out of that concert last night.

Some of them claim to be Christians naked drunk Christians, right. Reminds you of When Israel had a rock concert doesn't it? Remember that sermon when Israel had a rock concert. Same thing. But you think about it.

You think those people right there are? Sober and I don't mean not with alcohol mean with not intoxicated with the affairs of this life. You think they're gonna be willing to die for Jesus sake when they won't even stand up for him against the wickedness of sin.

No, no. No, I don't believe that. I don't believe they would. Doesn't matter what I believe in that in that sense, but I really don't believe that they would and Which had not worshiped the beast neither his image neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hands and They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Are you willing to die with the faith that you have? Is he precious to you? Is he worth it all. Is he worth you losing your life? Is he worth you losing your head? God gives dying grace. We know that he gives grace for any situation you're in.

You think right now? I don't know. I I mean am I strong to do that. If you have faith in Christ Jesus He'll give you the grace you need. When the time comes He'll give that to you. Listen to this in the Asia Minor city of Smyrna persecution broke out against Christians and some were put to death for their faith.

But the agitated mob wanted to cut off the church there by getting rid of their leader the now aged polycarp. The believers hid polycarp in a farmhouse. The leaders there taught that one should not seek out martyrdom.

But neither should it be avoided if there was no choice and it meant denying Christ. The authorities found the farmhouse and came to arrest the old man. He welcomed his captors as if they were old friends and gave them food and drink.

He asked for an hour to pray before being taken to the arena. They relented. The hours stretched into two hours. The officers overhearing his prayers began to wonder what they were doing arresting an old man like this.

Well Nate, they're just obeying orders. It's not their fault, right? They're just obeying orders. Polycarp was brought into the arena instead of parley. Polycarp begging for his life. We find the pro-council pleading with this aged bishop to just curse Christ so he would be released.

Polycarp and Faithfulness Unto Death

Polycarps reply reply Was loud and clear. He said this 80 and six years have I served him and he never did me any injury. How then can I blaspheme my king and my Savior? He was burned alive. The Christians present the Christians present said there was a joyful radiance on polycarps face as he died.

Believers were allowed to bury his remains on February 22nd, probably in the year 1 155. Churches near and far from Smyrna observed this date in years to come and drew strength from the testimony this old man.

Who would not deny Christ no matter what it cost him is? That's right. He was a disciple of John. Is he worth it to you? It's a good question to ask, isn't it? Is he worth it to you? Would you die for him?

Well, if you're not willing to live for him now, I don't believe that you would die for him. If you name the name of Christ and don't depart from iniquity if you name the name of Christ I do not believe that if you are not willing to live for him that you would be willing to die for him.

I don't believe that. By the way, all of these martyrs that were martyrs of the faith. They all lived for him. They were holy righteous Separated people. That's why they were a mark for the Antichrist to go after that spirit to go after.

That's why. That's why they were the mark. Because they live come on if you just blend in with society and you continue to live your life in wickedness and evil and you Can take and you continue to live like the world does.

Do you think that I mean? There's not even gonna be a question in the mind of people around you. But the testimony of these men and women were so strong why? Because they were pious people they loved the Lord they lived for God and they separated and They loved not their lives unto death.

But too many people today they loved their lives. You have to ask yourself this question is Christ worth me losing my head over is he is he worth it. Is he precious to you? Is he all the world to you?

Is he everything you need? Kind of puts life into perspective doesn't it a little bit. Kind of puts things into perspective a little bit. I think about the little things that you and I go through on a daily basis and they really don't amount to anything.

Daily Consecration and Spiritual Preparation

But one day, I mean the decision is presented to you every day. Choose you this day whom you will serve. The decision is presented you every day if you will serve Christ if you will follow him if you will live for him every day while you're alive.

If you will abstain from all appearance of evil if you will if you will stay away from evil wickedness. If you will be separate unto God if you obey him and follow him. You're telling me if you can't turn off a television.