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A faith that can be destroyed by suffering is not faith.

Richard Wurmbrand

Suffering, Destroyed

"If Prison Walls Could Speak". Book by Richard Wurmbrand, 1972.

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It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of us decided to pay the price for the privilege of preaching, so we accepted their [the communists' ] terms. It was a deal; we preached and they beat us. We were happy preaching. They were happy beating us, so everyone was happy.

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Pay The Price, Numbers, Privilege

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Not all of us are called to die a martyr’s death, but all of us are called to have the same spirit of self-sacrifice and love to the very end as these martyrs had.

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Sacrifice, Self, And Love

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A man really believes not what he recites in his creed, but only the things he is ready to die for.

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Believe, Men, Creeds

Richard Wurmbrand (2017). “Tortured for Christ: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.62, David C Cook

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Whoever wishes to meet Jesus must meet him in places where brothers and sisters of Jesus are hungry, thirsty, naked, unwanted, sick or in prison. Whoever keeps himself distant from these places remains distant from Jesus.

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Jesus, Brother, Sick

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I have seen Christians in Communist prisons with fifty pounds of chains on their feet, tortured with red-hot iron pokers, in whose throats spoonfuls of salt had been forced, being kept afterward without water, starving, whipped, suffering from cold - and praying with fervor for the Communists. This is humanly inexplicable! It is the love of Christ, which was poured out in our hearts.

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Christian, Heart, Iron

"Tortured For Christ". Book by Richard Wurmbrand, June 1940.

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A Communist officer told a Christian he was beating, 'I am almighty, as you suppose your God can be. I can kill you.' The Christian answered, 'The power is all on my side. I can love you while you torture me to death.'

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Christian, Love You, Sides

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It must be understood that there are no nominal, halfhearted, lukewarm Christians in Russia or China. The price Christians pay is far too great. The next point to remember is that persecution has always produced a better Christian - a witnessing Christian, a soul-winning Christian. Communist persecution has backfired and produced serious, dedicated Christians such as are rarely seen in free lands. These people cannot understand how anyone can be a Christian and not want to win every soul they meet.

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Christian, Winning, Land

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Martin Luther, when he walked in the woods, used to raise his hat to the birds and say, ‘Good morning, theologians—you wake and sing, but I, old fool, know less than you and worry over everything, instead of simply trusting in the heavenly Father’s care.

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Morning, Father, Worry

Richard Wurmbrand (1968). “Christ in the Communist Prisons”

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Christians are meant to have the same vocation as their King, that of cross-bearers. It is this conscience of a high calling and of partnership with Jesus which brings gladness in tribulations, which makes Christians enter prisons for their faith with the joy of a bridegroom entering the bridal room.

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Christian, Jesus, Kings

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God will judge us not according to how much we endured, but how much we could love

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Judging, Gods Will

Richard Wurmbrand (2017). “Tortured for Christ: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.41, David C Cook

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Even the best of Christians are troubled by the question, "Why does an almighty God send, or at least allow, suffering?" When you are nagged by thoughts like this, say to yourself, "I am still in elementary school. When I graduate from the university of Christian life, I will understand His ways better and doubts will cease.

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Christian, School, Doubt

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A flower, if you bruise it under your feet, rewards you by giving you its perfume.

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Flower, Feet, Giving

Richard Wurmbrand (2017). “Tortured for Christ: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.63, David C Cook

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If a Christian really believed that his neighbor will be tortured in all eternity in Hell, he should try day and night to persuade him to repent and believe. How sad that this doesn't happen.

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Christian, Believe, Night

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I have found truly jubilant Christians only in the Bible, in the Underground Church and in prison.

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Bible, Christian, Deep Thought

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I tremble because of the sufferings of those persecuted in different lands. I tremble thinking about the eternal destiny of their torturers. I tremble for Western Christians who don't help their persecuted brethren. In the depth of my heart, I would like to keep the beauty of my own vineyard and not be involved in such a huge fight. I would like so much to be somewhere in quietness and rest. But it is not possible... The quietness and rest for which I long would be an escape from reality and dangerous for my soul... The West sleeps and must be awakened to see the plight of the captive nations.

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Christian, Heart, Sleep

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My wife and I were present at this congress. Sabina told me, "Richard, stand up and wash away this shame from the face of Christ! They are spitting in His face." I said to her, "If I do so, you lose your husband." She replied, "I don't wish to have a coward as a husband.

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Husband, Wife, Coward

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There was once a fiddler who played so beauitully that everybody danced. A deaf man who could not hear the music considered them all insane. Those who are with Jesus in suffering hear this music to which other men are deaf. They dance and do not care if they are considered insane.

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Jesus, Men, Suffering

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Consider as sin any minute of life spent on something other than saving souls for eternity from this world doomed to destruction.

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Soul, World, Saving

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The Bible is a wonderful book. It is the truth about the Truth. It is not the Truth. A sermon taken from the Bible can be a wonderful thing to hear. It is the truth about the truth about the truth. But it is not the truth. There have been many books written about the things contained in the Bible. I have written some myself. They can be quite wonderful to read. They are the truth about the truth about truth about the Truth. But they are NOT the Truth. Only Jesus Christ is the Truth. Sometimes the Truth can be drowned in a multitude of words.

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Bible, Jesus, Book

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If the heart is cleansed by the love of Jesus Christ, and if the heart loves Him, one can resist all tortures. What would a loving bride not do for a loving bridegroom? ...God will judge us not according to how much we endured, but how much we could love. The Christians who suffered for their faith in prisons could love. I am a witness that they could love God and men.

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Christian, Jesus, Heart

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The human heart by nature seeks after God. There is a spiritual vacuum in every man until it is filled by Christ.

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Spiritual, Heart, Men

Richard Wurmbrand (2017). “Tortured for Christ: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.67, David C Cook

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I had prepared myself for prison and torture as a soldier in peacetime prepares for the hardships of war. I had studied the lives of Christians who had faced similar pains and temptations to surrender and thought how I might adapt their experiences. Many who had not so prepared themselves were crushed by suffering, or deluded into saying what they should not.

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Christian, Pain, War

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As communist atheists allowed no place for Jesus in their hearts, I decided I'd leave not the smallest place for satan in mine.

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Jesus, Atheist, Heart

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When an engineer has built a bridge, the fact that a cat can pass over the bridge is no proof that the bridge is good. A train must pass over it to prove its strength.

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Cat, Bridges, Facts

Richard Wurmbrand (2017). “Tortured for Christ: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.92, David C Cook

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