Martyr Gordius, 01-03. The love of Christ compels a man...

Martyr Gordius, 01-03. The love of Christ compels a man to give up all earthly honor and even his life.
The martyr Gordius was a soldier under Diocletian, and a secret Christian. He was not a coward though. When he saw all of the terrible tortures he was disgusted, and gave up all his military honors and went into the hills to pray. This was not in order to escape death, but rather to prepare for it. Later he made his witness by going bravely in the amphitheater in the middle of a spectacle and rebuking the pagans. The love of Christ makes a man gladly give up on her and even his life. We can learn from his witness, and bake his intercessions in the event that we may be tried.