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So here's the last one.

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Last question.

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Now this question could easily involve

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a young man,

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but it does happen to involve a young lady

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and I actually think you'll see

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by the nature of this question,

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I really believe that this situation

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probably impacts young ladies

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in a tougher sense,

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in a harder sense,

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in a more difficult sense

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than it does young men.

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And you'll probably see why as I give it.

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She doesn't even give her name.

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She just comes across with this:

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"God's girl."

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She says, "Dear Pastor Tim,

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I'm a 21 year old girl

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who used to be a Muslim.

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God had mercy on me

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and opened my heart to His truth.

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I currently live with my parents

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who are strict Muslims.

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I have no way to fellowship 
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since I have to practice 
my faith in secret.

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I know that the Lord had geared me

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towards biblical teaching

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during the past few years..."

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And I'm imagining that 
came over the Internet.

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"...My heart's desire is 
to be able to move out

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and not hold back as a Christian.

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I hold back due to the strict 
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It is an extreme taboo

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and I'm looked at as an evil person

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by my parents for even questioning Islam.

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I've tried to tell them,

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but I was threatened with being disowned.

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I just don't know what to do.

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I get aggravated, because when they

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talk about Islam,

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they debase Christians and Christianity.

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I feel angry a lot

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because of their religion

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and that they pressure me to practice it.

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I resent their authority

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because they pressure 
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Is my resentment unbiblical?

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Should I act differently?

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Thanks."

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Tim: Look, you know one thing I realize,

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when James puts stuff on I'll Be Honest,

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I don't know - this girl 
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but I know this,

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I suspect that people in Muslim countries

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that understand English are coming across

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some of these.

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And so I'll speak to those 
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that may be in Saudi Arabia.

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They may be in places like Pakistan

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or Indonesia or Turkey.

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Many places.

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Many Muslim countries.

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Iran.

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What do we say?

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This girl's 21.

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If she was in this country,

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obviously, that scenario 
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than if she was in Saudi Arabia, right?

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I mean, I think this question

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that she's asking -

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I think just the scenario -

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it's different if you're a boy

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than if you're a girl.

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I can tell you this,

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boys are typically more high esteemed

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in those countries than girls.

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They'll tolerate more in boys

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than they'll tolerate in girls.

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Age has a lot to do with it.

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Obviously, she's 21, but 
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that's a different scenario, right?

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The country you're in -

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so the gender, the age,

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the country,

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obviously, the strictness of the parents,

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if somebody is genuinely converted

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in these families, all those factors

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are going to come into play.

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is very difficult, but I would say this:

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If there is any Muslim young person

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that is likely to be disowned

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and thrown out of a Muslim family

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in the United States of America,

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contact us.

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We will see to it that 
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that you are taken care of entirely.

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We will take care of you.

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If you'll contact us, 
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to get you if that's the case.

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if you're in Washington,

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or if you're in another country,

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and it's possible somehow for us

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to even get you here,

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but obviously there's visa issues

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when that kind of thing takes place.

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somebody already had a passport,

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they were able to get here,

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we would harbor somebody like that.

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We would do whatever is in our power

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to help people.

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To a young lady like this,

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even if she's in Saudi Arabia,

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the truth is this young lady

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has access to the Internet.

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In this day, if a young 
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and they understand English

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like this young lady obviously does,

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then the sky is almost the limit

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as far as the teaching you can get.

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Obviously, that's restrictive as far as

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meeting with other believers.

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Brethren, I guess we just have to say this

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to people like this:

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There's several principles

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that young folks in Muslim families

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One is that as a follower of Jesus Christ

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your commitment needs to be to Him

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above all else.

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Matthew 10:21, "Brother will 
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a father his child,

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and children will rise against parents

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and have them put to death."

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the truth is this:

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we cannot tell Muslim young people

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that they will not suffer

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if they come public to their families

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as being Christians.

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We cannot offer you words

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from our Lord Jesus Christ

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or anywhere from the Bible

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that would be words that would lead us

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to believe that there 
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is there is very likely going to be,

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and in fact, they may 
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But I would say on that note

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exactly what Jesus said.

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"Blessed are you when others revile you."

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He said this in Matthew 5:11.

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"...And persecute you,

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and utter all kinds of evil against you

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falsely on My account,"

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He says, "Rejoice and be glad

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for your reward is great in Heaven,

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for so persecuted they the prophets

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who were before you."

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And so I would say this,

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to suffer even at the hands of your family

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for the namesake of Jesus Christ,

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He would tell you rejoice

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and be exceedingly glad,

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for your name is written in Heaven.

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And I would say what Paul said.

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Even though they might martyr you,

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even though they persecute you

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for the next ten years,

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Paul called it momentary light affliction

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in light of an eternal weight of glory.

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I would say this as well.

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If you are a child of God,

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He knows you.

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He has promised never 
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He promises that He will provide for you.

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He promises to be with you.

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He promises to take care of you.

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He promises that.

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If your family throws you out,

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go to Him.

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He will not abandon you.

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Even if you were ten years old

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and your family put you on the streets.

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I just read last night, I think,

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in devotions to my children

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about a young Sicilian man

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who was Roman Catholic.

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And in the courtyard of 
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he found a Gospel of John.

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The teachers were outraged.

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And they took it.

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And the priest there in his school

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burned it in front of all the kids.

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Well, you know what that did to him.

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That made him all the more 
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Well, he came to faith,

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and his family put him out.

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And God provided him a cave to live in,

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and then gave him a job

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so that he was able to support himself.

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Listen, isn't that what Hebrews says?

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Some of them wandered 
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Some of them lived in caves.

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There's the true cave man, right?

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We find it in Hebrews 11.

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But you know what it says?

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People of whom the world is not worthy.

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And you know what Samuel Rutherford said?

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He said that when they threw him

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in the Anwoth Prison,

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they meant to make 
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and God made it heaven.

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If God can make a dungeon heaven,

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if your parents throw 
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and you have to live in a shack

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or in a cave,

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God can make it paradise.

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And so, trust the Lord.

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Listen, Jesus said very plainly

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that we should not deny Him.

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In Matthew 10, He says,

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"Whoever denies Me before men,

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I also will deny before My Father

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who is in Heaven."

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I call upon every young person,

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if you're in a Muslim family,

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do not deny Christ.

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Stand for Christ though 
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Do not deny Him.

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Now, just like the women

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that we just talked about

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in the last question who sometimes live

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before lost husbands,

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who can win those husbands without a word

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by their godly conduct,

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that may be the way you testify to Christ

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in the midst of a Muslim family.

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You seek to honor and reverence

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your father and your mother

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every way possible

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without dishonoring Christ.

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Don't dishonor Christ.

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Jesus Himself said you need to love Him

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more than your parents

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or you're not worthy of Him.

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But I would seek to honor them

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and reverence them every way possible

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that by your holy conduct,

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show them that Christianity

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is radically different than Islam.

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Show them that there is truly

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a God who transforms sinners.

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Show them by the joy in your life;

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the joy in what Christ accomplished

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for you on the cross.

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Show by that that Christianity 
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infinitely more to offer

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than what Islam has to offer.

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But don't be ashamed of Him.

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I guess the other thing

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that came to my mind

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is pray.

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Pray.

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If you're a child of God,

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you have His ear.

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You may seem all alone

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in the situation you're in,

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but you're not alone.

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And I would say pray.

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Listen, if God did not hold 
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but gave Him up for you,

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pray.

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Though you be in Iran;

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though you be in Saudi Arabia,

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there are other Christians there.

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I doubt anybody could possibly,

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even in a situation like North Korea,

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very unlikely anybody 
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but you never know with the Internet today

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and with God all things are possible.

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But whether it's Vietnam,

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whether it's North Korea,

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whatever country we 
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there are underground churches there.

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Pray.

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Pray.

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I mean, it is not impossible for God

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to lead you though you be ten years old

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in a Muslim country like Saudi Arabia,

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that God leads you to cross the path

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of other Christians that are right there

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in the same city where you live.

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Even in the same block where you live.

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So pray.

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You guys have anything else you'd say

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to a person like that?

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Those are the things that came to mind

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that I would tell somebody

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if I could get through that camera

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through the Internet

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and be able to put words of encouragement

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in their ears.