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NASB | 2 Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who delight in pursuing righteousness and are determined to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be hunted and persecuted [because of their faith]. |
Bible Question: my friend has been falsley accused of horrible crimes- i have given her many scriptures to meditate on, can you give me more that would comfort her in this time of pain and to ensure her that God is in control? |
Bible Answer: Dear underhiswings, Welcome to the forum! It helps me to remember when people say bad things about me falsely, that if they knew me like God knows me, they could say much worse things about me that would be true! Imagine, though, how our Lord Jesus walked on this earth, being falsely accused, and yet being perfectly righteous! We all have a very skewed sense of justice. We spend a great deal of energy trying to justify ourselves, when in reality, that is up to God. What is that we actually deserve? Another thing that makes it difficult for people is that they do not understand the attributes of God. Without explicitly saying so, they deem His actions unloving, unjust, or unwise. The cure for this, of course, is to learn about Him! "There is no attribute of God more comforting to his children than the doctrine of Divine Sovereignty. Under the most adverse circumstances, in the most severe troubles, they believe that Sovereignty hath ordained their afflictions, that Sovereignty overrules them, and that Sovereignty will sanctify them all. There is nothing for which the children of God ought more earnestly to contend than the dominion of their Master over all creation—the kingship of God over all the works of his own hands -- the throne of God, and his right to sit upon that throne. On the other hand, there is no doctrine more hated by worldlings, no truth of which they have made such a foot-ball, as the great, stupendous, but yet most certain doctrine of the Sovereignty of the infinite Jehovah. Men will allow God to be everywhere except on His throne." --Charles Hadon Spurgeon In Him, Doc |