Hate Your Life, Does Not Mean Take Your Life

Jesus called on his disciples to pick up their cross and follow him. Jesus died for the truth and so did his followers. But they died at the hands of a godless system that persecuted them for their faith and love. They didn't choose to take their own lives, like what the world has seen in Jonestown, or Heaven's Gate, or the more recent mass suicide in Shakahola, Kenya.

Jesus calls on us to lay down our lives, but this doesn't mean taking our lives. It means giving them in loving service to God and others. When we do this, we will experience the kind of abundant life that God and Jesus want us to have. We may be hated by the world for the lives we live, and they may one day take our lives, as they did to Jesus Christ, but we know the story doesn't end there.

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Produced by: Clare
Narrated by: Kyle
Written by: Kyle

What is "A Voice in the Desert"?

The purpose of A Voice in the Desert is to point people to the message, rather than the messenger. Most modern day prophets promote themselves more than the teachings of Jesus and the true message of Revelation. A Voice in the Desert challenges that error and more. Some of the things you hear on this channel may be difficult to understand, and may offend you. The goal, however, is to sweep away dogmas and traditions to reveal what Jesus actually taught.

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