Sermon

Today Pastor Storms preached from Revelation 6:9-11. It's entitled "The Voice of the Martyrs."

He shared a story about a 16 year old Pakistani boy who was killed 3 weeks ago by his classmates, because he refused to renounce his faith. His name was Sharoon Masih.


Pastor Storms also shared some statistics; more than 100,000 Christians died for their faith during the last ten years. That means that on average there is one Christian killed every five minutes. These martyrs know three things to be true; God is on control, God is holy, and God is true.

Pastor Storms concluded the sermon by saying, "I grieve for the parents of Sharoon Masih. Their pain and suffering and sense of loss must be incredible. But if there is any comfort for them it is in knowing that their son was counted 'worthy' to suffer for the name of Christ. Like the martyrs in Revelation 12, Sharoon did not love his life even unto death. And as horrific as his death was, he 'conquered' Satan 'by the blood of the Lamb' and 'by the word' of his 'testimony' ( Rev. 12:11).