You've managed to keep your family safe for the past 2 months but your luck has ran out. Your house has just been invaded by 5 radical jihadists. The men have tied you and your family up and looted your home of all your food and supplies. Before they leave, they noticed the religious paintings on your wall. While being held at gun point, one of the men said that if you deny your faith he will spare your lives. But if you do not, he will kill you and take your family. Would you defend your faith and your god? Or would you deny your god, in hopes of saving your family?
Deny Jesus, he'll deny you.
I'm doubting that we'd get that far, though.
I'm doubting that we'd get that far, though.
Were there 25 or 50 to start with for 5 to get all the way into the house?
Some things are worth dying for. I just hope my wife and kid give them hell until their done also.
You have a far more optimistic view of your fellow Okies than I do.
Tough question. I pondered this question when I was in my 20's and had a wife and two small girls to raise. Initially, I believed my family was more important than what a nut job thought. Later, I believed that to deny Jesus, under any circumstance, was denying your true faith. Today, I question the true meaning of what God may consider denying him.
IMO, the safest thing to do is to never deny him. But, I believe there is/should be exceptions based on the circumstances. Peter denied him three times. Is Peter lost?
IMO, the safest thing to do is to never deny him. But, I believe there is/should be exceptions based on the circumstances. Peter denied him three times. Is Peter lost?
