To the point, he writes:
As I sit here in a 21st century United States, I
can't help but wonder when we too will face martyrdom for our faith.
In his tweet, he traced the development of Christianity from
the blood of martyrs, an accurate, painful outline to be sure. He quotes
Jesus from Luke that our confession of his Lordship is our real life; dying
with him, we really live.
"And I say to you, everyone
who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the
angels of God; but he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels
of God." Luke 12:8
My point is that Watson has already died to himself to make this confession. I know he spoke of physical death. But something had to get out of the way in him to make this declaration. Lent is that time when we try to give up whatever blocks us from making that witness. Is it chocolate? wine? Or, a spiritual recognition of one's ego--the need to be at the center of THE story that only God can write.
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