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NASB | Matthew 11:29 "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 11:29 "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me [following Me as My disciple], for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST (renewal, blessed quiet) FOR YOUR SOULS. [Jer 6:16] |
Bible Question:
Let us learn his TRUTH! As one who knows suffering at first hand, I found this a positive help while awaiting for the time of my healing - God also works his will through human suffering. Sometimes there is a correlation between sin and suffering (Psalm 55:19; 119:75), sometimes not (Luke 13:1-5; John 9:1-3), but in all cases God is able to use suffering to discipline (Deut 8:5), correct (Job 5:17), instruct (Isa 26:8-9), teach (Psalm 119:67,71), draw us to himself (Isa 26:16; Hosea 5:14-15), refine (Isa 48:10), and encourage us (Heb 12:4-11). In all of our afflictions God comforts and sustains us (Isa 66:13; Lam 3:19-28; 2 Cor 1:3-7) so that we will not be crushed beyond measure. Nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Rom 8:37-39). By Walter A. Elwell. May the peace of God be our experience. I submit this post to my fellow believers in the hope that they will use it as a platform to expound the doctrines it contains through Scripture. SHALOM, RJJ |
Bible Answer: Greetings RJJ! Paul spoke of "being content whatever the circumstances" in Phil 4:11, and he goes on to say "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me" in verse 13, and states, "And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus." But what we can find, in great awe and amazement, is that Paul was able to 'find' this contentment in his Lord amidst his own 'thorn in the flesh' (2 Cor. 12:7) and suffering beyond imagining: "Are they servants of Christ? - I speak as if insane - I more so; in far more labors, in far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death. Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep. I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers on the sea, dangers among false brethren; I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches. ... The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying." (2 Cor. 11:23-28,31) We have so much to learn from Paul, who was also gifted and educated and had every reason to boast as we now do (Acts 22:3, Phil. 3:5), but through his sufferings, learned that the ONLY thing that he could rely on or place his hope and trust in, was his Lord!! And in whatever circumstances that we now presently find ourselves in, we look at the testimony of Paul in amazement, encouragement and in anticipation that God will love us also enough to teach us to rely on Him in the same way through our griefs and sufferings. Shalom, Makarios |
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