By Hope 103.2 NetworkSunday 14 Apr 2024FaithReading Time: 2 minutes
Recently, I heard a story about a man who lived in communist Russia
Key points
- A Russian man who worked for the KGB was tasked to discover, monitor and break up Christian meetings.
- One woman, who accepted the beatings for her faith caught his attention.
- Hear this episode of God in 60 Seconds on the listener below.
His job for the KGB was to discover, monitor, and when called upon, break up Christian meetings with extreme force.
So, he went from house church to house church inflicting terror and suffering on Russian Christians.
One time, he kept discovering and breaking up the same house church and amidst this group, he kept seeing a young, attractive woman, Natasha, who accepted the beatings for her faith. But one time, he stopped his troops beating her up because he noticed something different about her, and wondered why she would constantly risk her life.
Ultimately her courage, faith and loyalty to God made the KGB agent wonder whether Christianity was true.
Well, perhaps it was because she had found the truth, and nothing would stop her from following Jesus.
And ultimately her courage, faith and loyalty to God made the KGB agent wonder whether Christianity was true.
And in time, he accepted Jesus himself.
Hear this episode of God in 60 Seconds on the listener below.
Article supplied with thanks to Robert Martin and City Bible Forum. Robert oversees the work of City Bible Forum in Melbourne and is the host of the Bigger Questions radio show / podcast.
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