The experience of suffering shouldn't come as a surprise to Christians--in fact, we should expect it. Christ-followers don't find their comfort in the promise that God will end their suffering; instead they find hope in the knowledge that Christ suffers alongside us and offers us true spiritual life.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1Pet.4.12-1Pet.4.16&version=NIV
Topics: Suffering, Problem Of Evil, Persecution
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