How much do you love Jesus?

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I tried this in an older post and got no responses. So, here I try again:

Would you die for you belief in Jesus Christ?

If someone came into your church and had a squad of men with guns ready to shoot everyone and they offered you to leave right then and live or to continue your Mass or worship service and suffer death afterward, what would you do?

Any scenario will work…Are you willing to die for the one who died for you?
 
I’d like to believe I would die for Jesus but, how can anyone be 100% sure how they’d respond in an extreme hypothecal situation? Peter was SO sure he would never deny Christ… yet he did.
 
Everyone would like to think that they would be willing to die for their faith, and plenty of people have done just that through out the years. But in reality how can anyone know until you are faced with that situation what you will do.

I take comfort in the fact that even if I was not strong enough to die for Christ, He would still be my God I could still find forgiveness in Him for my human weakness.

God bless
 
These are great remarks. We can never know for sure until a given situation does arise. Remember, though, Peter was crucified upside-down after he realized who Christ truly was. We are given the gift of knowing what Peter did not know when he denied Jesus three times.

Maybe I should have started slow on this question. How many out there are even willing to correct someone when they use the Lord’s Name in vain? Are we shameless in our faith? Are we comfortable with praying in front of a non-believer? Do you skip saying grace for fear of embarrassment?

This may be slightly off Thread topic, but maybe we should make baby steps.
 
I do not skip saying grace for fear of embarassment, if I say something about people swearing or saying God’s name in vain depends on the situation, but I don’t not do it out of fear for myself ( I was once fired from a job for saying I had less respect for people who did that.)
 
I’d answer yes but, in reality, I don’t know what I’d do if a situation arose given that I am only a human with human weaknesses. I think many people will struggle to answer honestly here.
 
How many out there are even willing to correct someone when they use the Lord’s Name in vain?
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I have done this but I have also been guilty of taking the Lord’s name in vain myself. 😦
Are we comfortable with praying in front of a non-believer?
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I have no problem doing this along with making the sign of the cross in public. Just doesn’t bother me and never really has.
Do you skip saying grace for fear of embarrassment?
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Grace? She passed away 30 years ago. 😃

Nope I don’t have a problem saying grace either.

God bless
 
I would hope (I won’t know for sure until I am faced with the decision) that I could follow Stephen’s example from the book of Acts. 🙂 For him to be stoned to death and to ask God to forgive them right in the middle of it, inspires me. I know that Christ did this while on the cross but He was, well, God. For a human, broken and sinful like myself, to forgive those who were killing him is an awesome example of Faith and what God does when He is the center of your life…! 👍
 
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I would hope (I won’t know for sure until I am faced with the decision) that I could follow Stephen’s example from the book of Acts. 🙂 For him to be stoned to death and to ask God to forgive them right in the middle of it, inspires me. I know that Christ did this while on the cross but He was, well, God. For a human, broken and sinful like myself, to forgive those who were killing him is an awesome example of Faith and what God does when He is the center of your life…! 👍
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The sermon at my chuch was about Stephen today. Interessting that this thread came up today as well.
 
Very often I say I love the Lord. Yet often times I do things that suggest I do not love the Lord like I want to.

The truth is I can never love the Lord the way he loves me. My heart says I want to love him, and I do love him. But I am incapable to love him on my own, my strength.

The wonder of the lord is such that, in order for me to love him like how he wants me to, I need his grace for me to. What a wretch I am for in order for me to love him, I am unable to do it on my own but to depend on his strength and his love.

One day in a given situation, I hope to prove that my love for him endures and everlasting. And I need his grace for it to happen.

In the meantime I place myself in contiuous communion with him by recieving his body and his blood, and by this nutrition I am sustained - body, mind and spirit.
 
I pray that if I am faced with the choice I will have the courage it takes. God answers prayer. I believe He will give me the courage by the time I need it if I genuinely desire it. He said He would do anything we pray for if we have faith and it is in His will, and how could that not be His will? So I think I would, or will.
 
The poll only asks for a yes or no.

I would vote - don’t know. I hope to but I don’t know what I do when the time come.
 
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