“Perhaps all this cavalier talk about death and dying as part and parcel of

true Christianity is shocking to you.  Maybe you thought Jesus was speaking

only figuratively when he stated, Matthew 16:25, that ‘whoever would save

his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

’…To be a citizen of God’s kingdom, an overt witness of Jesus in this

world, is ultimately to invite a death sentence from a world that is in

rebellion against Jesus’ Lordship.  Dual citizenship is impossible church!

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