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Mr. Son Scheduled to be Publicly Executed.

Mr. Son Jong Nam was an army officer in North Korea. He witnessed the brutality of the government when secret police kicked his pregnant wife in the stomach and she miscarried.

Not long after this, Mr. Son and his family defected to China. It was in China that Mr. Son met a missionary and gave his life to Christ. In time, he felt called to be an evangelist to his homeland of North Korea.

Before Mr. Son could make plans to secretly travel back to North Korea, he was arrested by Chinese police and extradited. Back in his homeland, he was convicted of his “illegal” Christian activities and served three years of imprisonment and brutal torture.

After his release, Mr. Son made his way back to China and continued his biblical studies. Once again, he felt called to share Christ with the many lost souls of North Korea.

Mr. Son’s friends begged him not to return to North Korea — it was just too dangerous. But with the call of God on his life, he returned to share the Good News.

Mr. Son was arrested again in January 2006 and was sentenced to be publicly executed for his persistent Christian work.

Here we have a brother who has DIED to self and to selfish wants and desires. No longer putting self first, he is willing to walk into the dungeons of certain death to bring forth the Word of God and to proclaim Christ to the LOST. Sure he could STAY in China which is his new home and every bit a persecuted country as any other, but he is on FIRE to explode forth in a deadly land and to bring truth from the Word to those who don’t know HIM.

Have we truly died to self?

“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:13