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Jan 4, 2022 · Suffering in some form is always going to be a part of being a true follower of Christ. Jesus said the path that leads to life is difficult (Matthew 7:14). Our hardship is also a way of identifying with His suffering in a small way.
Mar 2, 2014 · The messages deal with four purposes that God has in our suffering in his service. One is the moral or spiritual purpose: in suffering we come to hope more fully in God and put less confidence in the things of the world. Second, there is the intimacy purpose: we come to know Christ better when we share his sufferings.
- Insights from The Beginning of The Bible’s Storyline.
- Insights from The End of The Bible’s Storyline.
- Insights from The Place of Innocent suffering.
- Insights from The Mystery of Providence.
- Insights from The Centrality of The Incarnation and The Cross.
- Insights from Taking Up Our Cross (Learning from The Persecuted Global Church).
The scriptural narrative opens with God crafting a world of breathtaking beauty and unfathomable goodness. Paradise pulsates with order, harmony, wholeness, and life. But this garden scene is short-lived. Indeed, in contrast to other worldviews such as Hinduism and dualism, the Bible insists we are now dwelling in a Genesis 3 world marked by sin, s...
The believer’s ultimate hope is that the created order—now so disordered by the effects of sin—will one day be set right (Rom. 8:18–25). In Christ the King, everything sad will become gloriously untrue. Properly understanding and anticipating the story’s end, then, helps us to eschew a naïve (and ultimately crushing) utopianism now. As Carson remin...
“Job 42 is to the rest of Job what Revelation 21–22 is to the rest of Revelation,” Carson observes. “Not only is justice done, it’s also seen to be done.” Until the curtain drops, however, we live in “all kinds of ambiguities where we do not know the mind of God—and we dare not act as if God owes us detailed explanations.” There are times when the ...
Here Carson sketches a brief defense of compatibilism in which he demonstrates two scriptural tensions: (1) God is absolutely sovereign, but his sovereignty never functions to mitigate human responsibility, and (2) men and women are morally responsible creatures, but their moral responsibility never makes God absolutely contingent.
God was not blindsided by Calvary (Acts 2:23; 4:27–28). In fact, because of his supreme sovereignty, Christians can proclaim that the cross was a throne. With mystery and glory, the bleeding Nazarene reigned from where he hung. Christianity is uniquely comforting because only the Christian God plunged into the suffering we experience. As Edward Shi...
Though we often think of suffering primarily in terms of “cancer or old age or poverty or war,” Carson notes, the New Testament texts that most commonly speak of suffering have to do with Christian suffering—“and they are remarkable” (see, for example, Acts 5:40–42; Rom. 8:17; Phil. 1:29; 3:10; 1 Pet. 2:20–23). As he observes, “There have been more...
Mar 15, 2020 · Here, the Christian’s suffering will ultimately result in a hope that won’t put us to shame. But we do not go directly from suffering to hope. For some, like my friend, suffering leads to rebellion and anger, crushing their hope, not bolstering it. What’s the difference?
00:00. Persecution and Suffering for Jesus Christ. Click here to open a Print-Friendly PDF. No one wants to suffer, but in a fallen world it is unavoidable. Whether physical pain or mental anguish, suffering is part of the human condition for everyone. However, this is not the type of suffering I want to explore in this article.
Apr 23, 2024 · Table of Contents. Why Does God Allow Suffering? The Importance of Free Will. The Role of Faith in Overcoming Suffering. Trusting in God’s Plan. Suffering as a Path to Spiritual Growth. Learning Humility and Empathy. How Jesus’ Suffering Offers Hope and Redemption. The Ultimate Sacrifice for Humanity’s Sins.
Oct 7, 2022 · October 7, 2022. Someone Knows Your Pain. How Suffering Ties Us to Christ. Article by. Vaneetha Rendall Risner. Regular Contributor. While I often shrink back when I think about future suffering, pain has consistently pulled me into the heart of Christ, an unforgettable place of mystery and wonder.
