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NASB | 1 Peter 4:12 ¶ Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 4:12 ¶ Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test you [that is, to test the quality of your faith], as though something strange or unusual were happening to you. |
Subject: Suffering For The Sake Of Christ? |
Bible Note: To us ourselves we find peace in working for Christ, there is no greater joy. I was trying to say that because we work for Christ people will persecute us, suffering physically maybe might sound better? The times people have tried to bring me down for doing his work, it didnt make me angry but it broke my heart. I prayed for them but it saddened me to know they were not living in Christ. Maybe suffering isnt a good word to use when describing working for Christ? That might be where the confusion is because now that I think about it more, no matter what happens to us for doing what he told us to do and living out he wants us to being filled with the Holy Spirit we have an inner peace to do his work and a courage that no one who didnt walk the same road can understand. This as me wondering now. I imagine we would feel similar to Christ, we know that while he was dying on the Cross he felt nothing but love for us. It must have been like a burning fire, like a father for his children but he did suffer. Ok, so. How about this, granted I live in America so I (if this sounds accurate) have not suffered for Christ, why? Because if we are to understand suffering as Christ suffered for us perhaps it would be a physical torment, combined with a broken heart for the ones inflicting the suffering like what he felt for those that sentenced him to death. Living in America I am not hunted for believing in God like maybe if I lived in a country that was under Muslim rule and it was against the law to believe in Christ??? |