Bản chép lời đầy đủ của Unbreakable Courage

WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.680 This is the martyrdom of Perpetua Infilistis. 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:08.400 This is something about courage that doesn't make sense to this world. 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:15.359 Because most people, when faced with pain, with suffering, with death, run. 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:18.719 And honestly, it's human. 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:25.600 But every once in a while, a story surfaces that completely flips the instinct on its head. 00:00:25.839 --> 00:00:27.519 A story where people don't run. 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:28.879 They stand. 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:38.159 And not because they're strong, not because they're fearless, but because they believe something greater than their fear is waiting for them on the other side. 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:41.039 Today's story is one of those stories. 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:48.320 It's the story of two women from completely different worlds who walked into death with peace. 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:52.159 Now, the world they lived in at the time was the early third century. 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:54.640 The Roman Empire is at its peak. 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:58.880 It's powerful, expansive, unmatched. 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:01.600 But Rome didn't want just obedience. 00:01:01.759 --> 00:01:03.200 It wanted worship. 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:07.519 Citizens were expected to offer sacrifices to the Roman gods. 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:15.920 And more than that, they were expected to acknowledge that Caesar himself carried divine authority. 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:17.359 Wild, right? 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:20.319 This wasn't optional either. 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:22.400 So this was law. 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:33.680 This is the martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas. 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:38.319 There's something about courage that doesn't make sense in the world. 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:44.879 But because most people, when faced with pain, with suffering, with death, run. 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:48.159 And honestly, that's human. 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:51.920 But every once in a while, a story surfaces. 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:54.959 It completely flips the instinct on its head. 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:57.680 A story where people don't run. 00:01:58.079 --> 00:01:58.799 They stand. 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:05.519 Not because they are fearless, but because they believe something greater than their fear is waiting on the other side. 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:10.400 Today's story is one of those stories, the story of Perpetua and Felicitas. 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:14.319 They lived in a world that was early third century. 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:21.680 The Roman Empire is at its peak, powerful, expansive, unmatched. 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:26.000 But Rome didn't just want obedience, it wanted worship. 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:31.599 Citizens were expected to sacrifice to Roman gods and honor the emperor as divine. 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:33.199 Christians refused. 00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:40.719 Perpetua, she was about 22 years old, educated, from a respective family, a new mother. 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:43.120 She had everything to lose. 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:46.960 But when ordered to deny Christ, she refused. 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:49.360 She was put in prison. 00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:50.960 She was arrested. 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:53.280 With her was Felicitas. 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:56.560 Now Felicitas was a lot different. 00:02:56.719 --> 00:03:02.560 She was a slave, a different life, but the same faith. 00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:05.520 They became sisters in Christ at that time. 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:10.080 Her father, her father came begging for her to recant. 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:12.080 Think of your child. 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:14.719 But she said, I am a Christian. 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:22.719 In prison, she had a vision, a ladder to heaven, a serpent below. 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:25.680 She stepped over it and climbed. 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:30.080 At the top, at the top was Christ. 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:33.199 Now Felicitas, she was pregnant. 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:36.800 She prayed to give birth before execution, and she did. 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:44.080 When mocked, though, she said, Now I suffer, but then another will suffer in me. 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:47.599 Their execution day came and they were in the arena. 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:54.800 Crowds filled it, they expected fear, but the Christians walked in with peace, and some even sang. 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:59.120 In their final moments, they were attacked by animals. 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:01.680 They fell, but stood again. 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:03.599 Perpetua helped Felicitas. 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:08.879 Even then, even then, they lifted each other up. 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:13.840 In the end, they were executed, but their story spread. 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:18.399 Their faith inspired others, and their story lives on. 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:23.519 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:25.600 Matthew 10 28. 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:30.319 What would you stand for if it cost you everything? 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