Would you do the same for Jesus?

[odhiambo]

Many years ago at the height of the dictator Idi Amin misrule, there was an incident. The soldiers, of whom most Ugandans were terrified, went to a home, on one of their then numerous, murderous escapades.
They were after a young man, a member of that family. They found him at home; his mother too was at home
The soldiers started to drag this man away by force. The mother pleaded with them for mercy but in vain.
In those days in Uganda, many people so taken, were never heard of again.
For some reason the soldiers decided to execute him there and then
As one of them aimed to shoot, the mother dashed to shield her son. She was shot and killed.
The son managed to flee to safety.
I did not witness this incident , but came to know of it later as the woman who was killed was my step sister.
This is not an isolated occurrence. Just last week there was a report of a father and son who both drowned when the son jump in to help his father who was drowning.
Many people sacrifice their lives without a second thought for loved ones.
My question is would we do the same for Jesus?

 

[Monica4316]

hopefully…

 

[NEWCATHOLICJEFF]

Many years ago at the height of the dictator Idi Amin misrule, there was an incident. The soldiers, of whom most Ugandans were terrified, went to a home, on one of their then numerous, murderous escapades.
They were after a young man, a member of that family. They found him at home; his mother too was at home
The soldiers started to drag this man away by force. The mother pleaded with them for mercy but in vain.
In those days in Uganda, many people so taken, were never heard of again.
For some reason the soldiers decided to execute him there and then
As one of them aimed to shoot, the mother dashed to shield her son. She was shot and killed.
The son managed to flee to safety.
I did not witness this incident , but came to know of it later as the woman who was killed was my step sister.
This is not an isolated occurrence. Just last week there was a report of a father and son who both drowned when the son jump in to help his father who was drowning.
Many people sacrifice their lives without a second thought for loved ones.
My question is would we do the same for Jesus?

I think we have two questions? Would you have saved Christ in the past and would you save Christ if he were here now?

The answer to the first would be no, because he had to die in order to save us all.

The answer to the second is I don’t know.

 

[odhiambo]

I thought about this a lot. I know that I love Jesus.
But if I am true to myself, I have to admit that I
Would probably run away if I had the chance rather than submit to martyrdom.
That worried me some. This is why I wanted to see how others would react.

 

[NEWCATHOLICJEFF]

I thought about this a lot. I know that I love Jesus.
But if I am true to myself, I have to admit that I
Would probably run away if I had the chance rather than submit to martyrdom.
That worried me some. This is why I wanted to see how others would react.

A fine line exists between cowardice and courage. It is a very hard question to answer.

 

[thistle]

Many years ago at the height of the dictator Idi Amin misrule, there was an incident. The soldiers, of whom most Ugandans were terrified, went to a home, on one of their then numerous, murderous escapades.
They were after a young man, a member of that family. They found him at home; his mother too was at home
The soldiers started to drag this man away by force. The mother pleaded with them for mercy but in vain.
In those days in Uganda, many people so taken, were never heard of again.
For some reason the soldiers decided to execute him there and then
As one of them aimed to shoot, the mother dashed to shield her son. She was shot and killed.
The son managed to flee to safety.
I did not witness this incident , but came to know of it later as the woman who was killed was my step sister.
This is not an isolated occurrence. Just last week there was a report of a father and son who both drowned when the son jump in to help his father who was drowning.
Many people sacrifice their lives without a second thought for loved ones.
My question is would we do the same for Jesus?

Nobody can give you an answer to that question. We all would like to think we would but until we are in an actual situation where we have to make such a decision we simply do not know.

 

[Zooey]

Nobody can give you an answer to that question. We all would like to think we would but until we are in an actual situation where we have to make such a decision we simply do not know.

Yes…That’s what I was thinking, too.
We never know until we face these things, what we will do…

 

[crazzeto]

Many years ago at the height of the dictator Idi Amin misrule, there was an incident. The soldiers, of whom most Ugandans were terrified, went to a home, on one of their then numerous, murderous escapades.
They were after a young man, a member of that family. They found him at home; his mother too was at home
The soldiers started to drag this man away by force. The mother pleaded with them for mercy but in vain.
In those days in Uganda, many people so taken, were never heard of again.
For some reason the soldiers decided to execute him there and then
As one of them aimed to shoot, the mother dashed to shield her son. She was shot and killed.
The son managed to flee to safety.
I did not witness this incident , but came to know of it later as the woman who was killed was my step sister.
This is not an isolated occurrence. Just last week there was a report of a father and son who both drowned when the son jump in to help his father who was drowning.
Many people sacrifice their lives without a second thought for loved ones.
My question is would we do the same for Jesus?

I would do my best to humbly accept what Christ was going to teach me… St. Peter had a similar thought, interestingly enough, just after his profession upon which our faith is built

Jesus Says:
Mat 16:

[21] From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the ancients and scribes and chief priests, and be put to death, and the third day rise again.

Peter replys

…Lord, be it far from thee, this shall not be unto thee.

Jesus replys

…Go behind me, Satan, thou art a scandal unto me: because thou savourest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.

In Jesus of Nazereth, the Supreme Pontiff Pope Benedict XVI discusses this passage beautifully in context to the 3 temptations of Christ in the desert. I beleive that the sentament of this posting is beautiful, and shows great love for the Christ. However I think one should fully consider the person of Jesus, and the nature of his earthly ministry. Let us not forget that Jesus is God, I can’t imagine any harm would come to him, unless it were ordained by God (the Father) him self.

 

[poor_clare]

Hi

I’d like to think that I would die for my beliefs - but St Peter denied Christ three times after swearing undying love and loyalty. We’re only human after all. In the end, he did die for him - and horribly.

That was a very moving anecdote about your step-sister. I’m so sorry to hear that so many people fell victim to that merciless cruelty.

God bless,
Clare