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Daniel persecuted and thrown in the Lion's Den!

A Devotional for Friday March 6, 2024

From

The pen of English Pastor John Bunyan

Who was persecuted, thrown in jail, for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

The Blood of Persecution Cries Out

“And the LORD said, ‘What have you done?’ The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground”

Genesis 4: 10.

The judgment that is made of our sufferings by carnal men is nothing at all to be heeded. They see not the glory that is wrapped up in our cause: nor the innocence and goodness of our conscience in our enduring of these afflictions; they judge according to the flesh [and] according to outward appearance. For so . . . we seem to lie under contempt and to be in a disgraceful condition. But all things here are converted to another use and end. That which is contemptible when persons are guilty, is honorable when persons are clear. And that which brings shame when persons are buffeted for their faults, is thankworthy in those that endure grief, suffering wrongfully (1 Peter 2:19-22).

We learn also from this, the reason why some in days before us have made light of the rage of the world; but they have laughed at destruction when it cometh (Job 5:21,22). Therefore, [says Paul] I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses—for Christ’s sake. Let those that suffer for theft and murder hang down their heads like a bulrush and carry it like those that are going to [be] hung. But let those whose trials are for the Word of God know by these very things they are dignified [distinguished, exalted].