Today,
the reply is on the benefit from suffering in the life of Christian
believers. Christians are sinners who are yielding to divinity
through repentance to exist as the new creation of Jesus
Christ. For Christians, suffering is to lose its power to confuse,
debase, and drive the living to despair. Their inborn spirit is
permanently altered through rebirth that permits them to exist as
vessels of spirit substance from the makeup of GOD. Where the
followers of Christ will continue to live on the earth as developing
believers they also will continue to endure having carnal, material,
and social needs. However, Christians are provided with divine tools
that permit overcoming the emotional, psychological and spiritual
obstacles imposed by such circumstances as bereavement, loss, misery,
and wretchedness. Fresh endowments of spirit content from GOD allow
discovery, freshness, and gradual growth. Those who overcome through
Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit will continue to display holy
boldness, certainty, joy, insight, peace, strength, and more. The
fighter in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and
Spirituality, who uses the ID “Elixir” (Level 1 with 163 points,
a member since November 27, 2018) posted the following:
Is
suffering an important part of being human?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are
the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage
again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby
we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our
spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then
heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we
suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For
I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not
worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed
in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the
manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject
to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the
same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be
delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of
the children of God. (Romans 8: 14-21, King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Known By His Fruit (11/04/2018); His Suffering At
Gethsemane (03/12/2018); The Spirit of Meekness (12/15/2017);
Bereavement, Death and Suffering (11/10/2017); Sons of GOD Suffer?
(09/19/2017); Spirit Content From GOD? (09/26/2016); Suffering for
Suicide? (12/12/2012); The Price of Humanity? (12/13/2012)
“Elixir”, salvation for Christian believers is accomplished only through sacred
events and works performed by divinity. Even so, once its meaning
and value is transformed after the Spirit, suffering among the living
can make visible many benefits and gifts from GOD, who is invisible.
The control and power over the living exercised by death, pain, and
uncertainty must be revealed as the outcome from operations of sin,
yet, are subject to divine dominion. The living must make efforts
that acknowledge the human predicament, and that discern divinity as
an active presence within the life. The content and process
of mind within created beings and living creatures must be
reconfigured and shaped in accordance with the operations of
inseparable spirit substance that exists as the makeup of GOD.
Included are faith, holiness, incorruptibility, lovingkindness,
oneness without sameness, righteousness, wisdom, and
wrath against sin. Human consciousness and self-will must become
responsive to the personhood, eternal purpose, and sovereign will of
the Creator. In addition to performing good works and obeying the
law of GOD, the fullness of ones humanity will be displayed through
the aspects of maturity (e.g., accountability, balance, commitment,
completeness, consistency, integrity, sobriety, stability) and
spiritual godliness will be called forth, applied, and expressed in
the endurance of hardship and suffering, meeting diverse life
challenges, responding to “growing pains,” and overcoming life
reversals. Consider again the following that uses language from the
Bible:
1.
Romans 8: 22, King James Version (KJV): 22 For we know that the
whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
2.
Galatians 5: 19-25, KJV: 19 Now the works of the flesh are
manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance,
emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings,
murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell
you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they
which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such
there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ’s
have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we
live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
3.
Hebrews 5: 8-9, KJV: 8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he
obedience by the things which he suffered; 9 And being made perfect,
he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey
him;
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 4. 1st Peter 2: 19-21, KJV:
19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God
endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory is it,
if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently?
but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it
patiently, this is acceptable with God. 21 For even hereunto
were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an
example, that ye should follow his steps: 22 Who did no sin, neither
was guile found in his mouth: 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled
not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself
to him that judgeth righteously: 24 Who his own self bare our sins
in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live
unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 25 For ye were
as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and
Bishop of your souls.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be
useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
Washington,
DC
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