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I want to suffer

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No I don't.
I'm just quoting a character in a book. He had heard a long lecture on all the terrible suffering in the world. Starvation, sexual abuse, violent bashings, brutal murders, to children and adults, and so on.....
This character is a very kind compassionate person. But does he really mean that? That he wants to suffer? I think he means he wants to unburden those that suffer, by sharing the pain.
To want to suffer is masochism, isn't it?
 
Does Jesus want us to suffer? In order for us to become more compassionate?
No pain, no gain?
 
Good questions. I don't think God wants anyone to suffer, but He does want us to have eternal life, which has no suffering.
We have to learn how to deal with our sufferings, that's not always easy.
Too much suffering in the world, and it makes you feel helpless. We just have to do what we can to help.
 
But Jesus wants us to carry our cross too, doesn't he? And follow him.
Following him and avoiding suffering would be a contradiction.
 
We can't really avoid suffering can we. It's how we deal with it that counts.
Some people believe to carry your cross daily means suffering, others believe it means to deny yourself, to battle sins of the flesh.
 
Suffering is like forgiveness. It is not so much that we are seeking to do it in our ability but more that we are ready and willing for when it comes.
Then we need Jesus more than we have ever needed hi.
 
I don't even waste my time trying to be like Jesus.
 
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Man I was suffering yesterday. Fat pad heel pain. ouch.
Today after taping better...
 
Tie me up. Read Leviticus to me non stop.
See the anguish on my face. It's torture.
 
Maybe this will help answer your question.

Matthew 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

What many are missing is the word "shall" in Matthew 24:13 as it's expressed as a future tense that indicates a promise.

For by grace, as it's only Gods favor extended to all who will receive it by faith, is a free gift as we become His workmanship created in Christ unto good works that God ordained that we should continue walking in the good works of Christ, Ephesians 2:8; Matthew 25:31-40. We can not earn our salvation by our own works nor do we even deserve Gods grace, Genesis 6:6-8. Only by a mustard seed of faith do we come to Christ and repent of our sins are we then only washed clean by the blood of Christ and become Spiritually reborn again (not saved) through the Spiritual rebirth of John 3:3-6 by that of Romans 10:9,10.

Matthew 24:13 says that those who endure until the end shall be saved. This means enduring all the trials and tribulations that this world will bring against us for the sake of our witness and testimony of Christ, Acts 14:22, Rev 2:10. The end means the end of our days here on this present earth when those in the grave and we who are still alive at His coming will then be caught up to Christ and are saved at that time as we have endured all things and never gave up our faith in Christ.

God's word never said we would not go through trials or tribulations, but through many trials and tribulations if we endure until the end then we will see the Kingdom of God, Acts 14:22, as we are all called into discipleship as we share our witness and testimony with those who have not yet repented and turned back to God. Below are twenty reasons why God allows us to go through trials and tribulations so that we will always remain in His will.


Why God allows us to go through trials and tribulations:
1. Training as God prepares us for the future
2. Patience as we rely and trust in God's timing
3. Perseverance through trials that we remain in Gods will
4. Trust as God's ways are not our ways and He has a better plan for us
5. To learn from our mistakes
6. To humble ourselves before Him
7. To discipline us
8. Teach us to be dependent on Him alone
9. To spend quiet time with God so He can speak to us
10. To teach us of His protection
11. That we also share in the sufferings of Christ that we be not ashamed
12. Strengthen us to become more like Christ
13. To develop character
14. Build up our faith in the Lord
15. For a testimony and witness to help others
16. To show us sin in our lives that we need to own up to having
17. To remind us that God is in control
18. Helps us gain knowledge and understanding God's word
19. Teaches us to be thankful
20. To take our mind off the things of the world and and put them back on God
 
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