Jesus gave up his life. The single greatest sacrifice a man may make and it was for the sake of sinners. The best example of Jesus that might inspire Christians facing persecution today would be his arrest, trial and crucifixion. It is shown in the garden of Gesthemane that Jesus did not want to endure the pain of crucifixion or experience the burden of the sins of the world. Thus Jesus prayed as Christianity teaches …showed first 75 words of 606 total…

…showed last 75 words of 606 total…Christians facing persecution should call to mind the words of Jesus in Mark 10 v.29-30, "'I tell you the truth...no-one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields - and with them persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life."