Suffering in Paul
Suffering in PaulAvailable for download Suffering in Paul
- Author: Siu Fung Wu
- Published Date: 05 Apr 2019
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Original Languages: English
- Format: Paperback::244 pages, ePub, Audio CD
- ISBN10: 1532611773
- File size: 10 Mb
- Dimension: 152x 229x 13mm::331g
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Available for download Suffering in Paul. Paul’s Suffering (Acts 20-28) Paul nonetheless embraces bodily suffering, along with many other forms, as the necessity of a leader in Jesus’ way. Today, we may seek to become leaders for the same reason men in ancient Rome sought to exercise patronage—to avoid suffering. We might succeed in gaining power and perhaps even insulating Suffering would be a Part of Paul’s Christian Life. 1. The Lord spoke to Ananias concerning Paul’s suffering Acts 9:15-16 – “But the Lord said to him, ‘Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel. The idea of Paul's suffering, found in the first part of verse 24, should not be separated too severely from his self-understanding as a servant of the gospel. In fact, in the biblical tradition the two belong together: like Christ and the prophets of God before him, Paul is a "suffering servant. Paul sees his own physical suffering and spiritual renewal—”though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day day” (2 Cor. 4:16)—as a presentation of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Paul again and again hits on the theme that the weakness of his frame is designed to magnify the power of God’s name. "Beneath the suffering of physical sickness, loss, betrayal, or whatever other dark thing has entered the door is something way more powerful and dangerous. It is the spiritual war that rages in the heart of every sufferer." If you're familiar at all with Paul Tripp's teaching, then you probably know that he places a lot of emphasis on the heart. Suffering is a participation in the mystery of Christ and is the way Paul can become like Christ. Suffering is his way of “becoming like him (Christ) in his death” so that he “may attain the Many people see the Apostle Paul as a harsh man, even a sourpuss, likely due to the few instances where he corrected erring saints and churches, or forbade things, as when he said women must be quiet in church and not preach or teach over a man (1 Corinthians 4:34-35; 1 Timothy 2:12).
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