Calling Out Sin

I call out the sin of a group of people who by large are violent, murderous, sexually immoral and antichrist.

Christians tell me I am wrong.

Listen to the martyrdom of Timothy...

Timothy was serving as an elder (overseer) in Ephesus, faithfully preaching the truth and opposing idolatry.

During a pagan festival called the “Feast of Katagogia” (honoring the goddess Diana/Artemis), the people paraded through the streets with idols, masks, and weapons in a wild, frenzied celebration.

Seeing the idolatry and immorality of the procession, Timothy went out to rebuke the people, preaching against their false worship and urging them to turn to the living God.

Enraged by his interruption, the mob beat him with clubs and dragged him through the streets, leaving him severely injured.

Tradition says he died two days later from his wounds, remaining faithful to the end.

Historical Sources:

The Acts of Timothy, an early church document (though not part of Scripture), gives the most detailed account of his death.

Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (16th century) also records that Timothy was martyred by being beaten to death by a mob in Ephesus while denouncing idolatry.

Early writers such as Nicephorus and Polycrates of Ephesus mention Timothy as a faithful witness who died for the truth.

Timothy’s death perfectly aligns with Paul’s final words to him in 2 Timothy 4:2–5:

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine… endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.”

Timothy literally fulfilled that charge—preaching in “out of season” times, when it was dangerous to do so. His martyrdom testifies that he never compromised the gospel message, even in the face of death.