A group of Christians in Russia were meeting in secret for Bible study in a village near Moscow. Suddenly the door of the meeting room burst open.

There stood two communist soldiers, their rifles with bayonets pointed at the Christians. One of the soldiers said, “We want to be fair about this, so if you are not really committed to this Jesus and you don’t really believe in the Bible, we give you a chance to live. Now get up and go if that’s you.” All but six of the more than twenty left the room in fear for their lives.

Then the soldiers went to each of the two doors that led to the room and locked them. They listened with their ears pressed against the doors for a moment to make sure the insincere ones had gone.

They took their rifles and leaned them up against the wall and said, “We are Christians too! We just couldn’t take a chance. Let’s study God’s word!” Wow, what a story…and what a testimony to faithfulness under the most difficult of conditions. I wonder what you and I would have done under such circumstances? Hmmmm. It’s something to think about.

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