Sunday, January 7, 2024
Hamas Hostage Reveals The UNTHINKABLE
Mia Schem, a freed Israeli hostage who was snatched by Hamas on October 7th and taken into Gaza, reveals both her horrifying experience in captivity and what the people in Gaza are truly like. Mia was forced into a pitch black room for 54 days where she did not see sunlight one time. A veterinarian operated surgery on her arm after getting shot at gunpoint. Some days she was not given food and throughout her 2 months she did not shower once. Mia suffered, “A Holocaust.”
Preaching and witnessing are much the same. Every Christian is called to spread the Gospel. Current events often color the picture, however, when it comes to presenting the Gospel with good effect. Such things must be taken into account, the truth boldly told, and the Gospel presented in the light of the day. This may require great effort, much effective prayer, and the touch of the Holy Spirit on the bearer of the Good News and the prospective convert.
How would you present the Gospel Message to an Israeli? How would you present the Gospel Message to a Gazan Muslim? Those two questions should sum up our first reflective thoughts about these victims after listening to the video, because being unsaved IS being a victim, and IS often being a victimizer. Think about it!
And, on the other hand, bearing in mind that Israel was told to completely wipe out past cultures, every person, every man, woman and child, due to their evil… At what point is witnessing to an evil and murderous culture a waste of time? When do we shake the dust off our sandals and move on? When is enough, enough?