Posted on 09/08/2012 6:41:26 AM PDT by blueyon
CSW has been informed that apostasy charges against Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani have been dropped
(Excerpt) Read more at vinienco.com ...
This is welcome news, thanks for posting.
Indeed. Praise God!
Praise GOD!!!
Wonderful news!
Praise God.
1) Excellent news.
2) What did we give them to secure his freedom?
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God is faithful...
... and STRONG!
All praises to God and heartfelt thanksgiving through Christ, for sparing our dear brother, Pastor Youcef!
Thank you Lord!
I would love to see a post release photo of him, with his family.
WOW!! PRAISE BE TO GOD IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD!!!
Awesome! I am so happy for him and all of his loved ones. Surely they are rejoicing and glorifying God for He is good.
Lord our father, we pray for our brother Youcef whom you have found favor in. We ask you Lord to keep a hedge around him as he goes forth and boldly proclaims the Gospel. As in the day when the Sanhedrin arrested Peter and John for healing a lame man and were asked:"By what power or by what name have you done this?"Peter became filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and told them that it was by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom they crucified. The Sanhedrin ordered their release but also severely threaten them, that they would never speak to no man in this name again.
Peter and John However obeyed God instead, and immediately began preaching to the people and the Church grew. Again the Leaders of the Temple had them arrested and put in prison, but at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, telling them to:
"Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life."Obeying God, they they went to the Temple the next morning and again began preaching the Gospel in the name of Jesus. Shocked they had escaped from prison, the rulers of the Temple learned they were actually in the Temple defying their order by preaching in the name of Jesus of Nazareth again and had them brought in to them for questioning.
When they realized they could not stop them from speaking of Jesus and teaching His teachings, they headed the advice of Saul's (the apostle Paul) teacher, Gamaliel who was a Pharisee held in high respect by all the people. Gamaliel told the rest of the Sanhedrin:
"I say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing; but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it--lest you even be found to fight against God."After being beaten, they were commanded not to speak in the name of Jesus again and let go. However, we learn from the Scriptures that they again obeyed God instead of man and went out from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. They continued to go to the temple and would not cease from teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
Scripture I referenced can be found in the book of
Acts, chapters 3 to 5
So my fellow FReeper brothers and sisters in Christ, join me in prayer that Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, is filled with the Holy Spirit and does not cease to teach and preach that Jesus is the Christ and that He is the only way to salvation. Knowing that our prayers will bring even more condemnation down upon him from the Islamic rulers of Iran. It is not those who shirk from their responsibility whom the Lord uses and blesses, but those who willingly enter the oven knowing that another will be by their side, our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ.
Please do not cease now that he is free, pray more earnest for him, because it is the most powerful weapon in our arsenal. For if God is for us, who can be against us? Lord be with our brother Youcef in his ministry as he teaches those who are lost and trapped in a lie.
Our Father, in Jesus name we ask that you continue to bless Youcef, and protect him from those who would stand in Your way. I pray, we all pray, that the preaching of our brother Youcef adds to Your church daily and that the Gospel will overshadow the evil which permeates from those who would persecute him for following your great command of making disciples and baptizing in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Lord may your will be done, Amen
All Honor and Glory To God!
Thank You, Father, Thank You!
Read this earlier today on FB but didn’t know if it was true. Prayers, many, many prayers, answered. Praise God.
Nothing like a few spelling errors to start my day off.
Oh well, next time I shall try not to be in so much of a rush to hit post.
Hopefully this is a valid report.
A very brave, courageous man indeed. He could have renounced his faith but refused to deny his Lord and Master.
Puts to shame a lot of people who call themselves Christians here.
Now here’s a pastor whose sermon I would love to listen to.
RE: The Obama campaign will have to print longer bumper stickers: Osama is dead, GM and Pastor Yoesef is alive.
Just curious, did the Obama administration have anything to do with this?
And I join you in urgent prayer for him!
That’s WONDERFUL! I’ve been praying for him... glory to God!!
Read it on FB and on ACLJ!
PRAISE THE LORD!!
PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER!!
Thank You, Precious Lord!
Thanks and praise to our Father in heaven, with great blessings to Pastor Nadarkhani, a courageous Christian, and his family.
Okay, but who is this guy again? 
We all do it. “Belly of the beats” sounds like a good name for a band or a bbq restaurant.
Thanks for the ping to this hopefully valid report.
Amen!
Praise God!
Thank you Iranian leadership. Wonderful decision.
Are you kidding? You know the answer to that. Obama explicitly told the world that he would not stand with Israel. If Israel goes after Iran, she's on her own and will not be assisted by her old ally, the US. The release of Pastor Yousef is just a little tip of the hat to the Obama Administration.
Many of us gave God our prayers.
Continued prayers for him & his family.
“The release of Pastor Yousef is just a little tip of the hat to the Obama Administration”
You are joking aren’t you...I have not heard of anything the administration has done about this or that they has even been involved (that I know of)...The ACLJ has been heavily involved.
To God be the glory
“Osama is dead, GM and Pastor Yoesef is alive.”
My my; how like Obama to claim credit for what THE NAVY SEALS, OUR TAX DOLLARS, and GOD did!
He better high tail it across the border
The many prayers for him worldwide have been answered. He is an inspiration for Christians worldwide.
Is there any plan to get him out of Iran?
Thanks for posting this!! Praying for God’s continued protection on the pastor and his family.
Thanks for posting this!! Praying for God’s continued protection on the pastor and his family.
I am very glad he has been released and passed the news on to many. I received an email from a friend who said that he was not a Christian, but a “Pastor” of a cult church, so I did some checking and found this site that explains the Church of Iran and also has a video of him stating his belief:
http://surphside.blogspot.com/2012/02/yosef-nadarkhani-pastor-of-modalist.html
Even if he is not a true Christian, I’m glad he was released. Who knows, maybe he came to know the Lord while he was in prison. I pray for his salvation.
At a hearing, Pastor Youcef was asked to deny Jesus and that way save his life. What was his answer? “You ask me to recant. Recant means to return. What do you wish me to return to? The blasphemy that I was in before Christ?” The judges responded, “To the religion of your ancestors, Islam.” Youcef replied, “I cannot.” That says everything I want to know about Pastor Youcef!
I too have been keeping up with him since the very beginning, through VOM, and praying for him. Yes, VOM and others have referred to him as an evangelical pastor; however, his own testimony and other Christian sources have said that the Church of Iran is a cult. You might check out the video in his own words. He denies the Trinity.
Video is no longer available.
Very interesting. I just watched it yesterday and another friend watched it last night.
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