A pastor in Turkey made headlines when he
chose to forgive a group of Muslims who
damaged his church in August.
He did not press charges against the Muslim
men who broke windows and damaged a security camera at the rented building. The extremists were reportedly angered that the church
was leading Muslims away to Christianity.
The Lord’s command
The pastor said:
‘During
the
trial,
the
judge asked me whether
I was pressing charges and
I
replied, “I’m not pressing
charges because the Lord asked me to forgive.”’ The judge was incredulous.
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