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NASB | 2 Corinthians 1:5 For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 1:5 For just as Christ's sufferings are ours in abundance [as they overflow to His followers], so also our comfort [our reassurance, our encouragement, our consolation] is abundant through Christ [it is truly more than enough to endure what we must]. |
Subject: 2 Corinthians- What is 'suffering' |
Bible Note: Graceful, I have been following this posting. It reminds me of one of many Scriptures Exodus 4:11 "And Yahweh saith unto him, ‘Who appointed a mouth for man? or who appointeth the dumb, or deaf, or open, or blind? is it not I, Yahweh? Who GAVE Moses’ sister and brother leprosy? Read Deuteronomy 28:15-68 to learn what the God, who changes not, "promises" to do to and with His people. How does this fit in with what you are in effect saying about God's desire to always healing all, all the time? The last time I heard someone expressing such a concept against one of many of God’s “means” of dealing with “His people” was in a poor country years ago. Some of the team got diarrhea. The team prayed for them and some were “healed” and others weren’t. ONE team member boldly proclaimed to the “unhealed” ones that their faith was too weak. Later, that “judgmental” team member, along with another couple, and my wife and I, were teamed up together in the poorest of sections. It was hot, we were sweaty, tired and thirsty. And our water bottles were empty. When we approached a shack of broken bamboo, an old woman, warmly invited us inside. She kindly offered us each a glass of water from her rusty water bucket. Her toothless grin was as genuine and radiant as any angel’s could be. Mark 9:41 rushed through my mind. It promises "whoever gives you a cup of water to drink, on the ground you belong to Christ, I tell you, will certainly not fail to be repaid". We could see the “floaties” in our dingy glasses. Four of us drank the water, knowing and believing another promise, “nothing shall by any means harm you.” Only the team member, whom had “judged” the sick, refused to drink any water, whispering, “Don’t tempt the Lord your God.” That night, that team member thought surely death was calling. Both ends flowed. Never, in all my days of being a missionary, have I ever witnessed anyone AS sick. As a team we prayed for a quick recovery. But the sickness lingered for the remainder of our tour. The only other time I have witnessed such a happening was in Bible College where someone wasn’t “healed” from a sore throat. The “judge” proclaimed that same argument, “where’s your faith.” That judge was, to my knowledge never able to father children. The judge, a man of 21, soon had a severe case of mumps … we could never figure how an enclosed environment, such as that college was, “attracted” that one case of mumps, but … Please. Graceful, be careful with your words. If you were to ask my team member if God “allowed sickness TO teach" – the answer would be shouted from the house tops. YES! He loves us THAT MUCH. Respectfully, Taleb |