The wise apostolic pastor was acutely aware of the urgent need of persecuted believers—the multiplication of grace, 1 Pet.1:2, etc. He seems to be saying that in these dire situations, grace simplicitor is insufficient. The greater the suffering, the more grace is needed. Persecution demands grace and persecution unto death requires enormous supplies of grace, and abundant mercy. Indeed persecution does something to God—it gives Him the opportunity to display the magnificence and splendour of His grace. The greater the need, the greater the grace that is shown. And God gives grace in that proportion.
Please pray today for persecuted Christians in the churches of Northern Ireland, that God would multiply grace to them, their wives and families; and that He might strengthen them for the fight of faith, and in some cases, the fight for the very Gospel within the churches.
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