Baptists in Russia tell the story about a group of Christians meeting in secret for Bible study in a village near Moscow. Suddenly the door of their meeting room burst open, and there stood two communist soldiers, their rifles with bayonets pointed at the Christians. One of the soldiers said, “We want to be fair about this, so if you are not really committed to this Jesus stuff and you don’t really believe the Bible, we give you a chance to leave. Now get up and go if that’s you.”

All but six of the more than twenty left the room for fear of their lives. Then the soldiers went to each of the two doors that led to the room and locked them. They listened with their ears pressed against the doors for a moment to make sure the insincere ones had gone. Then they took their rifles and leaned them up against the wall and said, “We are Christians too! We just couldn’t take a chance. Let’s study God’s word!”

Author: Bailey Smith
Source: REAL EVANGELISM, p. 140