Prison- Cade Wood

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     As I was reading through chapter 6, something immediately caught my eye. The quote that caught my eye was, "All day long he sat silently and pensively in the darkness listening to the voices of the guards." Obviously, the context is the prison island right outside of Nagasaki. As soon as I read this my mind went straight to Paul when he was in prison. The difference being he was silent while Paul sang praises. It made me begin to think about the U.S and how little we as Christians are persecuted. Yeah, we are made fun of and sometimes slandered badly; however, we aren't killed for our beliefs. At least not in the way others around the world are. It made me think about how blessed I am to have been raised in this country where I do not have to worry about such things. It also caused me to think, "What would I do in this case?" Would I sit or sing? By no means am I saying Paul is better because he sang praises, I'm just curious? I claim to love Jesus and say I will love and worship him no matter what, so, would I sing or sit? Just my thoughts. What would you guys do?

I commented on Clabo's and Spencer's posts.

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Caroline Tucker said…
Cade, I was also wondering what I would do in a situation like Sebastian’s or the persecuted Christian’s. I remember right before Sebastian was captured, he had the same thought. This is one of the situations that you can imagine as much as you want but never know your true reaction until in the moment. I hope and pray that when I am persecuted, I will be strong enough to stand in my faith even to death.
January 20, 2020 at 9:04 PM
Clabo said…
Yea, that line caught my attention too. And I see where you are coming from with your comparison from him to Paul, but I think that maybe it was all he could do in the moment to just sit there quietly and think. I mean, he knew what the Japanese torture was like. He knew that they were willing to do whatever it took to make him apostatize, so maybe he was fighting with everything he had to keep from doing that. At least that's where my mind took me.
January 21, 2020 at 12:48 AM
Cody Ercizer said…
The way we suffer in the US is nothing in response to what has been done to our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ in other countries. The worst that typically happens is social rejection and even then that may be a good thing as it will lead the people who are serious about Christ together. Our struggles are small and it’s so easy to forget that in our easy going American lives.
January 21, 2020 at 8:09 AM
Ezra Kennedy said…
I was thinking something similar whenever Rodrigues would compare his situation to Christ’s. Like, because all he knew about mission work came from seminary he basically only had textbook knowledge, so when he got basic firsthand knowledge it looked to him like something major. His friend betraying him and selling him for 300 pieces of silver may look like the situation of Jesus and Judas, but he wasn’t the only one. There were many around him that were betrayed the same way. So are they just like Christ, too??
January 21, 2020 at 9:37 AM
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