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1 | only through suffering, He is revealed | Rom 8:18 | rx4u | 184437 | ||
The phrase "it is only through our suffering that Jesus/Our Lord reveals Himself" or "it is only when we suffer that we see the face of God"-- IS THIS A VERSE FROM THE BIBLE OR CAN IT BE REFERENCED TO A BIBLICAL VERSE?? | ||||||
2 | only through suffering, He is revealed | Rom 8:18 | jonp | 184444 | ||
Hi It would just not be true to say that Jesus Christ is only revealed through suffering. He is revealed through His life (John 1.14; 1 John 1.1-4). He is revealed through His teaching. He is revealed through the Scriptures (John 5.39). But above all He is revealed to us through His cross and resurrection (compare Philippians 3.10) and through His enthronement (1 Corinthians 3.18) What is, however, true is that through suffering we can come to know Him better and are made more like Him. 'We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces patient endurance, and patient endurance produces character and experience, and character and experience produce hope, and hope does not disappoint us because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who is given unto us' (Romans 5.3-5). But even here we should note that this is a result of our first having been accounted right in the eyes of God through faith so that we have access by faith into the grace (compassion and love of God exercised towards us) in which we now stand and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God (Romans 5.1-2). So first we have the access and the confidence and the certainty of God's gracious presence. All provision is made. Then the suffering follows in order to polish up the jewel, but even this is accompanied by the presence of the Holy Spirit. He does not leave us comfortless. He comes to us (John 14.18). Compare also 'if we have died with Him, we shall also live with Him, if we suffer patiently we shall also reign with Him' (2 Timothy 2.11-12). Again, note first the vital union with Him by dying with Him and receiving new life. Then the need for endurance because of what will follow. The one follows the other. First thepreparation, then the process. As James says, 'count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet with various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness, and let steadfastness have its full effect so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing' (James 1.2-4). And we should not be surpised at this because out Great Trek Leader was prepared for His task through suffering (Hebrews 2.10) so that He could lead us to glory. How much more then we must expect the same. Best wishes Jonp | ||||||
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