A pastor in Turkey made headlines when he chose to forgive a group of Muslims who damaged his church in August.
He did not press charges against the Muslim men who broke windows and damaged a security camera at the rented building. The extremists were reportedly angered that the church was leading Muslims away to Christianity.
The Lord’s command
The pastor said: ‘During the trial, the judge asked me whether I was pressing charges and I replied, “I’m not pressing charges because the Lord asked me to forgive.”’ The judge was incredulous.
Many news sources reported on the decision and the story ended up drawing an overwhelmingly positive response from the community. ‘We praise God because after this attack good reports of us were in many papers and some officials came to visit us’, said the pastor. He added that many were shown that followers of Christ believe in loving their enemies.
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