Bound Together, Suffering For Christ
Illustration★★★★In the Arian panne two brothers in the city of Tomala were hung up by their wrists with heavy weights attached to their feet. At the end of 8 day of intolerable agony one of them weakened and asked to be released. The other said to him, “Do not so, brother, or I will accuse thee at the judgment seat of Christ. Have we not sworn to suffer together for him?” Then the temptation was overcome. The weak brother received strength to hold out a little longer. The Vandals, enraged at their obstinacy, burned them with hot irons and gashed them with iron rakes, and sent them speedily to receive their crowns.
The point
Two persecuted brothers held each other accountable to endure torture together rather than let one recant under agony.
Scripture
2 Timothy 2:12Hebrews 10:23Revelation 2:10
Tone
Sobering · Inspiring
To tell aloud
under a minute · 113 words
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