http://mlmcmillan.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:54:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://mlmcmillan.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/exit-to-god-1-exodus-1-2-entry-2/#comment-4 Paul McMillan Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:54:28 +0000 http://mlmcmillan.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-4 My wife and I have been thinking and talking about the issue of oppression and proliferation. We have come up with one theme from the Bible but it is timeless and that is the death of the seed that brings forth fruit, "some ten fold, some fifty and some a hundred fold." Another is the clear evidence that martyrs for a cause inspire others with a similar zeal for the cause they espoused. This was true of Christians under Jewish and then Roman oppression and of Protestants under Catholic oppression. It is also true today of the suicide bombers. The persecution of civil rights leaders also helped to solidify their cause. Since Paul wrote to Timothy that, "everyone who wants to live a godly life will be persecuted." it would appear that persecution of those who espouse a cause is in direct proportion to the zeal with which it is promoted. My wife and I have been thinking and talking about the issue of oppression and proliferation. We have come up with one theme from the Bible but it is timeless and that is the death of the seed that brings forth fruit, “some ten fold, some fifty and some a hundred fold.” Another is the clear evidence that martyrs for a cause inspire others with a similar zeal for the cause they espoused. This was true of Christians under Jewish and then Roman oppression and of Protestants under Catholic oppression. It is also true today of the suicide bombers. The persecution of civil rights leaders also helped to solidify their cause. Since Paul wrote to Timothy that, “everyone who wants to live a godly life will be persecuted.” it would appear that persecution of those who espouse a cause is in direct proportion to the zeal with which it is promoted.

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