Tag: suffering
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CRUCIFIXION! – The Pangs of Sin
So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified. John 19:16 NASB Tarrying on the road of Suffering “Father, the hour is come,” the Lord Jesus had prayed in a most personal prayer just hours before. Then in the darkness of Gethsemane Jesus had asked Peter, “Am I not to drink the cup the…
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Suffer for Good – a letter from Peter – 6
To do good or evil? Previously, from the background of Psalm 34 Peter urges the church to be like-minded in doing good. The Christian Standard Bible labels these verses, “Do No Evil” and the New King James Version, “Called to Blessing.” Yet just five verses later Peter calls on us to suffer. Our action? “Seek…
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The Curse of Disease and Death
We don’t understand death. Illness, disease and all the relatives of pain. These challenge our sense of mortality and question our grasp of purpose. Why did God make it this way? Wrong question. God created mankind in his image. Sin brought forth death and suffering out of our disobedience to a Father’s command. Just like…
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Tribulation? Cheer up.
2017: Keep on for Christ’s sake. I’m not invoking a phrase of cursing here, rather I call on the saints who hold fast to Jesus Christ to continue in faith. This is no new calling out in times of difficulty or anticipated times of trouble. We anticipate tribulation in the world. Solomon may have come…
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Do not lose heart over tribulations & sufferings – 2
Paul’s encouragement for the church at Ephesus ‘Faint not at my tribulations or do not ‘lose heart over what I am suffering for you.’ The Apostle Paul writes these words differing some by translation [KJV or ESV]. διὸ αἰτοῦμαι μὴ ἐκκακεῖν ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσίν μου ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἥτιςἐστὶν δόξα ὑμῶν – Ephesians 3:13 Do you lose…
