Torturado Por Cristo / Tortured for Christ

And we are taking a theme, persecution, tortured for Christ, a measure of our faith.

That book is written by Richard Wombrand who suffered persecution for his faith.

And our reading is Matthew chapter 5 verse 1 to 12.

Our selection for today is Matthew 5, verses 10 to 12.

It was putrid conditions.

He spent most of his time in solitary confinement and in occasions he was tortured for Christ and And he recounts his experience, much like Paul's experience of being in prison in Rome.

Richard recounts his own experience of being in prison for 14 years, for 14 years in Romania.

And he says that the presence of Jesus was so overwhelming in his tiny prison cell that he would do nothing but leap up and dance and sing for joy.

He's given me a sense of purpose and meaning and direction in my life.

He's called me to partner with him in what he is doing in this world.

Richard Wurmbrandt has written a biography called Tortured for Christ.

And in it, he says this.