Msg #2605 Reckoning an Sufferings
What The Bible Says
Good Samaritan’s Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice
Romans 8 is like a dump truck of gravel available for building roadway for a Christian’s walk. There is a treasure trove of functions done by the Holy Spirit, and near dead center Paul writes “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared to the glory which shall be revealed in us”(Rom.8:18). There are several verses in the chapter to load a wheelbarrow of road building gravel; I stopped at this one several times to haul away encouragement for friends. Anyone who writes a book on Job wants to title it “Why Christians Suffer.” I’ve not seen one that sites this verse. God said, “Hast thou considered my servant Job that there is none like him in the earth?” To the praise of his glory he put Job’s book in the Bible; it’s been marveled at for 3,500 years!
I reckon Paul sets the record for suffering for the cause, and his list of 24 cases is overwhelming (2Cor.11:23-27). Christ says, Hast thou considered my servant Paul, that there is none like him in the earth? He wrote 13 of the 27 books of the New Testament, and that’s what he reckoned about sufferings! He goes on explaining that all of creation watches for this “manifestation of the sons of God” indeed all creation groans for it, longing for the same (Rom.8:19-25). But wait, there’s more, Paul says these sons of God, that Christ has quickened, his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, are forever hung in God’s trophy case, “that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace!” (Eph.2:7). Let’s reckon our suffering “not worthy to be compared to the glory which shall be revealed in us”, and share that verse with a friend.
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