St. Patrick's Legacy

Many people do not know the story of St. Patrick.  The young man of the Roman upper class, who was made a captive by Irish pirates.  The young man who for 6 years lived as a slave.  Who then escaped, entered the service of God as a monk and then brought the Gospel to the very nation that held him captive.

 

We see in Patrick's story and his writings a man who left riches behind and became lowly to reach the lost.  In him we see an example of a man whose devotion to Christ was so sincere he would live in danger for the rest of His life.

Here is an excerpt from the end of St. Patrick's Confession:

 

"57 For which reason I should make return for all that he returns me. But what should I say, or what should I promise to my Lord, for I,alone, can do nothing unless he himself vouchsafe it to me. But let him search my heart and [my] nature, for I crave enough for it, even too much, and I am ready for him to grant me that I drink of his chalice, as he has granted to others who love him.

58 Therefore may it never befall me to be separated by my God from his people whom he has won in this most remote land. I pray God that he gives me perseverance, and that he will deign that I should be a faithful witness for his sake right up to the time of my passing.

59 And if at any time I managed anything of good for the sake of my God whom I love, I beg of him that he grant it to me to shed my blood for his name with proselytes and captives, even should I be left unburied, or even were my wretched body to be torn limb from limb by dogs or savage beasts, or were it to be devoured by the birds of the air, I think, most surely, were this to have happened to me, I had saved both my soul and my body. For beyond any doubt on that day we shall rise again in the brightness of the sun, that is, in the glory of Christ Jesus our Redeemer, as children of the living God and co-heirs of Christ, made in his image; for we shall reign through him and for him and in him."

 

Sadly this is a much different story than what is happening in some areas of the world today.  I will let Andrew Strom explain, in this video about the dangers and perversion of Gods word in the Prosperity Gospel.