Look And See If There Be Any Sorrow Like My Sorrow – Focus On Nigeria Series

LOOK AND SEE IF THERE BE ANY SORROW LIKE MY SORROW – FOCUS ON NIGERIA

There is one certainty in following God, be that 4 000 years ago right up to our current time. It will be a road of sorrow and isolation and persecution. It always has been that way because there is always a war raging. It initially is a spiritual war where the sons of light and the evil demonic sons of darkness are engaged.

Of course that very quickly takes the form of a physical war; that is, a war in the physical arena. We battle against the world’s philosophies and ideas and wickedness in high places. That sees Christians taking a stand on homosexuality and corruptness in our locations and generally in the world. Gender reassignment, WOKE, the Marxist/socialism of our children under Marxist teaching, are but few examples.

However, very sadly, Christians are in the forefront of persecution, torture and death for no other reason than they are enemies of Satan. Satan hates God and all aspects relating to God and that means Christians, goodness and righteousness. The wicked will always want to eliminate the righteousness as Cain did to Abel. So much more can be said here but I will not do that except leave you these verses –

{{2Thessalonians 1:4 “Therefore, we ourselves speak proudly of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith IN THE MIDST OF ALL YOUR PERSECUTIONS AND AFFLICTIONS which you endure.”

Galatians 4:29 “but as at that time HE WHO WAS BORN ACCORDING TO THE FLESH PERSECUTED HIM WHO WAS BORN ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT, so it is now also.”

2Timothy 3:12-13 “Indeed, ALL WHO DESIRE TO LIVE GODLY IN CHRIST JESUS WILL BE PERSECUTED. Evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.”}}

Millions of God’s own were killed under papal torments over the centuries especially in the later Middle Ages, and the centuries following. Horrible regimes of men have murdered millions more – communism and dictatorships, and in the current day, the most satanic of all – Islam. I have many books on the history of the Church from the time of Pentecost to the present. It is one of my interests. These outline many full and graphic accounts of such horrendous suffering.

Satan is like a gorgon with its many snakes as hair, each one armed with vicious fangs, ruthless and lusting after death and hurt. People living in the western nations may think they are immune from suffering as a Christian, but if this is so, then I would ask, “How real is your faith? Is it a fair-weather faith of little substance? Are you standing firm in your community and church as a good soldier of Jesus Christ?

In recent times I have been looking at Nigeria, a nation that is suffering greatly where Christians are horrible persecuted and killed by Islam. Yet, at the same time, I believe the Spirit is moving in Nigeria with people turning to the Lord.

My interest in Nigeria goes back to the 1970s when I was co-ordinating the Newsletters for a missionary couple who left Australia to do administrative ministry in Jos, Nigeria, for the Sudan Interior Mission. They were Keith and Marjorie Minus, Keith from Armenia and Marjorie from Burma (Myamar). Both those nations have known enormous suffering as well. Keith and Marjorie are with the Lord now, a lovely and gentle couple.

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THE FOLLOWING IS FROM INTERNET MATERIAL:-

[[ Middle Belt threatens self-help as death toll in Plateau killings hit 155

Outrage and condemnation have continued to trail the multiple 2023 Christmas eve attacks on Plateau communities as the death toll yesterday rose to 155. Chairman of Bokkos local government area, Monday Kassa, told newsmen that “up till this moment, our people are still in the bush searching for missing ones. Today we have recovered more than 20 bodies from the bush and the search is not over yet. The death toll from Bokkos local government is now 125.”

Similarly, the chairman of Barkin Ladi local government area, Danjuma Dakil, said the death toll is now 30, not 17 earlier reported. He also disclosed that there are over 1,000 injured victims who were rushed to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH).

Global watchdog, Amnesty International, yesterday demanded a probe into the latest killing in Plateau, claiming the gunmen operated unhindered for over 48 hours.

It said in a statement that “the Nigerian authorities must investigate the inexcusable security lapses that allowed the horrific killing of over 140 people by gunmen across over 20 villages in Bokkos and parts of the Barkin-Ladi local government area of Plateau.”