DEAD ALREADY – AND HIDDEN IN CHRIST

From The Darkness Into The Light

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3:3 Kefa Sempangi was pastor of the large Redeemed Church of Uganda. Easter Sunday 1973 was his first serious brush with death at the hands of Idi Amin’s goons. After an all-day worship service he went exhausted to the vestry to change clothes—too exhausted to notice the five strangers (government secret police goons) following him into the room: They stood between me and the door, pointing their rifles at my face. For a long moment no one said anything. Then the tallest man, obviously the leader, spoke. “We are going to kill you,” he said. “If you have something to say, say it before you die.” He spoke quietly but his face was twisted with hatred. I could only stare at him. For a sickening moment I felt the full weight of his rage. We had…

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