A Life Formed by Suffering
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· 5 viewsAfter the breaking of the first six seals of the scroll, we find an interlude in chapter 7 where those who have been killed for their faith are around the throne worshiping God. Suffering is part of the Chrisitan life. It is not avoidable; however, in the suffering, we can find hope through Christ.
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9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” 13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” 14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
1. Even in suffering, our reality is victory. (vs. 9-12)
1. Even in suffering, our reality is victory. (vs. 9-12)
4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
2. Our faith in suffering leads to the promised hope. (vs. 13-14)
2. Our faith in suffering leads to the promised hope. (vs. 13-14)
3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
3. We may suffer now, but the Lord will shelter us. (vs. 15-17)
3. We may suffer now, but the Lord will shelter us. (vs. 15-17)
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.