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<\/p>\nContinuing with the extracts from my document on the Scriptural perspective on suffering…<\/p>\n
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Although death entered the world through the Fall, Scripture indicates that tribulation can be used by God for two particular ends…<\/em><\/p>\n In our sufferings the power of grace, the message of the Gospel and the glory of God is revealed<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n That is why, for Christ\u2019s sake, I delight<\/span>\u00a0in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,\u00a0in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong<\/span>.<\/em> \u2013 2 Corinthians 12:10<\/span><\/p>\n His disciples asked him, \u201cRabbi,\u00a0who sinned,\u00a0this man\u00a0or his parents,\u00a0that he was born blind?\u201d \u201cNeither this man nor his parents sinned,\u201d\u00a0said Jesus,\u00a0\u201cbut this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him<\/span>\u201d.<\/em> \u2013 John 9:2-3<\/span><\/p>\n \u2026what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel<\/span>\u2026 And because of my chains<\/span>,\u00a0most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord<\/span> and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear<\/span>.<\/em> \u2013 Philippians 1:12-14<\/span><\/p>\n In all this you greatly rejoice,\u00a0though now for a little while\u00a0you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials<\/span>. These have come so that the proven genuineness<\/span>\u00a0of your faith<\/span>\u2014of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire<\/span>\u2014may result in praise, glory and honor<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>when Jesus Christ is revealed<\/span>.<\/em> \u2013 1 Peter 1:6-7<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Through suffering God brings us to perfection and holiness.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Before I was afflicted\u00a0I went astray<\/span>, but now I obey your word<\/span>… It was good for me to be afflicted\u00a0so that I might learn your decrees<\/span>.<\/em> \u2013 Psalm 199:67, 71<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMy son, do not make light of the Lord\u2019s discipline<\/span>, and do not lose heart\u00a0when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines the one he loves<\/span>, and he chastens<\/span> everyone he accepts as his son.\u201d Endure hardship as discipline<\/span>; God is treating you as his children<\/span>.\u00a0For what children are not disciplined by their father? \u00a0\u2026God disciplines us for our good<\/span>, in order that we may share in his holiness<\/span>. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful<\/span>. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace<\/span>\u00a0for those who have been trained by it<\/span>.\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Hebrews 12:5-7, 10-11<\/span><\/p>\n But rejoice\u00a0inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings<\/span> of Christ,\u00a0so that you may be overjoyed<\/span> when his glory is revealed.<\/em> \u2013 1 Peter 4:13<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0[Y]ou know that the testing of your faith<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>produces perseverance<\/span>. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and complete, not lacking anything<\/span>.<\/em> – James 1:3-4<\/span><\/p>\n Praise be\u2026the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,\u00a0who comforts us<\/span>\u00a0in all our troubles<\/span>, so that we can comfort<\/span> those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God<\/span>.\u00a0For just as we share abundantly<\/span> in the sufferings<\/span> of Christ,\u00a0so also our comfort abounds<\/span> through Christ. If we are distressed<\/span>, it is for your comfort and salvation<\/span>;\u00a0if we are comforted<\/span>, it is for your comfort<\/span>, which produces in you patient endurance<\/span> of the same sufferings we suffer<\/span>.<\/em> \u2013 2 Corinthians 1:3-7<\/span><\/p>\n That’s it for this series. If I get some time in the next few days I’ll try and write a short post pulling all these posts together.<\/p>\n Part 1<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Part 2\u00a0|\u00a0Part 3<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Part 4<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Continuing with the extracts from my document on the Scriptural perspective on suffering…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[49,2969,1521,859,1440,937,927,2615,1520],"class_list":["post-14031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","tag-discipleship","tag-featured","tag-glory-of-god","tag-pain","tag-perfect","tag-sanctification","tag-suffering","tag-suffering-series","tag-trial"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14031"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45549,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14031\/revisions\/45549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}To reveal the glory of God<\/h3>\n
To lead us to perfection<\/h3>\n