A Life of Great Blessings Makes Little of Suffering
The topic of suffering is never an easy thing. Some know suffering the likes of which others will never know. Add to this, that Christians are warned that they may suffer specifically because they are Christians. Peter has words of comfort for Christians, encouraging them not only to endure, but to rejoice when the suffering flows from one’s identification with Christ. A believer may even rejoice in suffering because she knows she has the greatest inheritance (God Himself – and an eternal communion of joy in His presence) and presently enjoys the mark of one of His children: the Spirit of God rests upon her. To listen to this sermon, please click on the following link: 1 Peter 4:14-16.