Widow's Joy: He Didn't Deny Christ When Beheaded — Transcript

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1. 0:00[Music]
2. 0:01welcome to this edition of Christian
3. 0:02world news everyone I'm Wendy Griffith
4. 0:04thanks for joining us well imagine
5. 0:06seeing your husband brother or father
6. 0:09brutally killed by religious Fanatics
7. 0:12that's what happened to many families
8. 0:14when Isis executed 21 Egyptian
9. 0:17Christians in February while the
10. 0:19horrible video led to worldwide outrage
11. 0:22some families are happy that the martyrs
12. 0:24kept their faith and as Gary Lane found
13. 0:26out they're ready to forgive
14. 0:30I was very proud that my husband stood
15. 0:32firm in his faith and that he didn't
16. 0:34deny Jesus that surprising reaction is
17. 0:37happening 15 Mi south of Cairo in the
18. 0:40village of ala residents there honor the
19. 0:43sacrifice of 21 Egyptians brutally
20. 0:46murdered last February by ISIS their
21. 0:48pictures are prominently displayed in
22. 0:50the sanctuary of Virgin Mary Church 13
23. 0:53attended this church the martyrs Left
24. 0:55Behind family members like 23-year-old
25. 0:58Mariam farhot she she became a widow
26. 1:00when the militants beheaded her husband
27. 1:02Malik Ibrahim in Libya she first learned
28. 1:05of his murder when she saw this now
29. 1:06Infamous video on local television we
30. 1:09were very sad for the first two days but
31. 1:12we hadn't seen the video when we saw
32. 1:14them in the video calling to Jesus we
33. 1:16were very comforted and that's why
34. 1:19Miriam and other families say they are
35. 1:21now joyful not sad B Al Ham's brother
36. 1:24Samuel was among those killed we were
37. 1:27always praying that God would make them
38. 1:29steadfast in their faith we were very
39. 1:31happy with what they said on the video
40. 1:33Jesus Christ have mercy on us when we
41. 1:36found out they had been killed for being
42. 1:38Christian we were very comforted because
43. 1:41these were God's children and he took
44. 1:44them although Samuel's wife and children
45. 1:46now live without a husband and father
46. 1:49his family told CBN News their faith is
47. 1:51stronger they forgive the jihadists and
48. 1:54even pray for Isis I pray for them that
49. 1:57God may open their heart and they may
50. 1:59know that truth and know that what they
51. 2:01do is wrong and then do the right thing
52. 2:04Jesus told us to forgive every sin and
53. 2:07we forgive them and we hope that they
54. 2:09can come to know Jesus Christians here
55. 2:12in Egypt are encouraged to know they're
56. 2:13not alone back in the United States
57. 2:15there's a growing movement among
58. 2:16Christians there to demonstrate unity
59. 2:19and solidarity with those who are
60. 2:20suffering for Christ in the Middle East
61. 2:23the Lord and what we thought was how
62. 2:26could we identify and stand in
63. 2:28solidarity with our Brothers and Sisters
64. 2:30in Christ who are being brutalized
65. 2:32around the world for their Christian
66. 2:34faith what tangible thing could we do
67. 2:36what practical thing could we do
68. 2:39immediately orange jumpsuits came to
69. 2:41mind Boney and others launched the #
70. 2:44orange jumpsuit campaign the movement
71. 2:46has expanded to Orange scarves sweaters
72. 2:49and ribbons it's to remind our brothers
73. 2:51and sisters that we love them and we're
74. 2:53standing with them and to remind
75. 2:56decision makers here in America and
76. 2:59across the globe the free nations of the
77. 3:01world we cannot be silent on this issue
78. 3:04Mahoney says the response has been
79. 3:06amazing non-christians have joined in as
80. 3:09well a Jewish rabbi to stand in
81. 3:12solidarity with persecuted Christians is
82. 3:14dying his beard orange which I think is
83. 3:18incredible and I can't wait to see that
84. 3:19Mariam was encouraged after she viewed
85. 3:21cell phone photos of Americans wearing
86. 3:24orange may the Lord make their love grow
87. 3:26and grow we are very happy with their
88. 3:29love we don't deserve their love Mahoney
89. 3:31says every 5 minutes around the world a
90. 3:34Christian is killed for his faith people
91. 3:36don't understand the kind of barbarism
92. 3:39and brutality they are going through and
93. 3:41you know when I visit persecuted
94. 3:43Christians in the Middle East there's
95. 3:45one thing they always ask it doesn't
96. 3:47matter if it's Iraq Syria wherever it
97. 3:50might be it's this please remember us
98. 3:54and wearing orange on the job or at
99. 3:56church helps people remember them I
100. 3:59think people need to understand that if
101. 4:01we do not act quickly the public
102. 4:05expression of Christianity may be
103. 4:08extinguished in the Middle East as Ellie
104. 4:10visel Holocaust Survivor and Nobel Peace
105. 4:13Prize winner says we must always take
106. 4:16sides silence only helps the oppressor
107. 4:20never the
108. 4:22oppressed maram also has a message for
109. 4:24others who have suffered or still fac
110. 4:26Danger from Isis don't be sad or cry God
111. 4:30will support us all he will fulfill his
112. 4:34promise that he is the father of the
113. 4:36orphans and the widows Gary Lane CBN
114. 4:39News Cairo Egypt