I gladly suffer death for the name of Christ

I gladly suffer death for the name of Christ

They are really more cruel than wolves – they are not satisfied with our bodies, tearing at them; but they seek to devour and kill our souls, as I told three priests (Isa. 40:29; Zeph. 3:3). However, according to the words of Christ, they cannot harm our souls; for when they have done all that they can (however, not without the Lord’s permission), they can but kill our body. And I gladly suffer death for the name of Christ, and have a desire to be delivered from this flesh, and to be in joy with Christ, who has prepared for us a dwelling not made with hands, but which is eternal in the heavens (Rom. 7:24; 2 Pet. 1:14; Phil. 1:23; 2 Cor. 5:1). 

Hans Bret