Suffering Christian, Remember Your Merciful and Affectionate Father
Suffering can undermine faith, raising doubts and questions. But Peter encourages suffering Christians with two truths: God’s foreknowledge and fatherhood.
Suffering can undermine faith, raising doubts and questions. But Peter encourages suffering Christians with two truths: God’s foreknowledge and fatherhood.
“Indwelling sin seeks to capture the soul of the believer. It fights tirelessly for my soul and it is fighting for yours too.” Only in Christ are we safe.
We have the joy of living as Christians, but we do so in a fallen world. The message Panganayi brings out from this text is not an easy one, for Jesus teaches that we will be hated for what we believe. In a world that lives under a different Lord, it is understandable that life as a disciple of Christ is not easy. However, we have the wonderful knowledge that the Holy Spirit will be with us. While this sermon has a sad beginning, it has a joyful end for it tells us how God carries us through the deepest...