Because it’s real. That’s why. We live in a world where we experience a fraction of what others experience. We have that side of our life easy. They have it hard. There’s no sense in being stupid! God calls us to be educated! To think! Sure, not everyone in this world has access to good education, or education at all. God has given us the privilege, and curse, of knowledge.  Frankly, every blessing comes with at least one curse. As you grow up you trade in your innocence for wisdom and knowledge. You learn stuff you need to learn, and at the same time as it was something valuable to learn, you wish that you hadn’t learned it.

We don’t just study this because it’s real. We study this because we can do something about it. If you’re in my native country circle of amigos, and possibly outside of the US too, you could give these people money! If I recall the information correctly, a one brick in Malawi is around 7 US cents. $0.07! Sure, not all of the bricks are that great, and Malawi isn’t a country with a high persecution rate, but I think you get my idea. We are loaded, we can lend our money to help. If someone with no money at all learned about this their knowledge would still be important, but they couldn’t give any money. They could pray though! I’m not saying that they are not important because they have no money, I’m just saying that those of us who do could help out.

I’m sure there are many other reasons why it is good to learn about Christian persecution, but those are just a couple.

Until next time!

Jacob H.