Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
..."Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.
Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?
And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him.
A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart."...
Eliezer Wiesel was born in 1928(-2016) in Romania. Among a full life he was an outspoken Holocaust survivor.
In 1986 he was awarded - at that time by merit - the Nobel Peace Prize. One thing he shared when accepting this honor was:
"Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant."
This quote is from his 2005 speech at the Israeli Holocaust Museum:
"I know what people say - it is so easy. Those that were there won't agree with that statement. The statement is: it was man's inhumanity to man. NO! It was man's inhumanity to Jews! Jews were not killed because they were human beings. In the eyes of the killers they were not human beings! They were Jews!"
Born 1892 (-1984) in Germany, Martin Niemoller's poem:
First they came for the socialists,
and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—
and there was no one left to speak for me.
In God's Word:
..."Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord."...
"Therefore, my beloved brethren whom I long to see, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved."...
"It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery."...
1 Timothy 6:12
..."Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses."...
James 5:7-11
..."Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord.
The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains.
You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near. Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door.
As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. We count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful."...
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When the time comes - will you stand up for Jesus?
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