The simple truth is brushed aside.
The Church of Philadelphia " The Faithful Church": Are we as faithful as we are to be? How could this be possible, that at the height of tremendous Christian's persecution the gospel instead of declining in status, it is spreading like a wild fire? I could not understand this phenomenon. Anyone seeing a public execution of a Christian would think twist before accepting the gospel. Most of these countries where Christians are being persecuted barely have bibles, ministries, and have little representation from the western nations. China, North Korea and Middle East Islam nations are the one that come to mind. What is that gospel that required no in-depth bible study that a believer is willing to lose his/her lives over it? In western nations, Christians have freedom to worship at any time in well establish churches, a building built for that purpose. Nevertheless, these churches are mostly empties and those who are attending sit far in the back...