Rev 12:11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. (NIV)
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Faith in the Risen Christ
Faith, Adversity, Hope and Peace (Mark Wong)
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Reported in the Straits Times "Sun shines bright for Nobel Prize winner" :
Former special assistant Kim Sang Woo, for many years an adviser to the South Korean president , believed that he was driven by a sense of mission. "The way that he was able to undergo all of the sufferings that he went through; his moral courage; I'm sure an ordinary person would have tried to avoid those kinds of insurmountable difficulties." Religious conviction is probably his secret. President Kim, born on a small island off the coast of South Cholla Province, is a devout Catholic. Despite his harsh treatment at the hand of others, he said he forgave his former oppressors. In a letter written to the second of his three sons, Hong-up, on Nov 24 1980, after he was sentenced to death, he wrote: "Only the truly magnanimous and strong are capable of forgiving and loving. " Let us presevere, then, praying always that God will help us to have the strength to love and forgive our enemies. Let us together, in this way, become the loving victors." An article in the Catholic News dated 29 October 2000: He once said that when faced with the threat of death and imprisonment, "I was able to remain peaceful and firmly resolved in my mind to face the threat of death because of my resolute faith in the risen Jesus Christ and my belief in the existence of the living God."
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