Why suffer? the student asks his teacher?" Yeshua (Jesus) taught that the world seen from God's viewpoint is tilted in favor of the oppressed." The student asks "but why would God single out the oppressed for special attention?" The teacher responds by saying suffering helps us to deny self as Jesus taught--suffering helps us to totally rely on God, suffering helps us to distinguish between our needs and wants, and suffering helps us to bear witness to God's word and surrender ourselves totally to his beneficence, mercy, and grace.
Scriptural/Literary Support:
"That in our darkest hour, an hour when you think you should give up because the forces arrayed against you are so mighty; so powerful; and they look as though they have totally overwhelmed you, it is in that hour that your greatest opportunity for triumph is in you." "And it is in that hour that most people give up the struggle and they never come to victory over the forces that are now apparently overwhelming them." -(Hon. Min. Louis Farrakhan, excerpt from Closing the Gap)
"The hardships we experience, the trials we face, will teach us that we're strongest when we're trusting in God's grace. -Sper
"Hard trials are necessary..."-Hon. Min. Louis Farrakhan
In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering. -Heb 2:10 NIV
-To be continued next time God Willing...
Copyright June 2010 Bro. Lamon Caldwell II
The Spiritual Institute of Divine Teachings is an organization of Believers of the Universal Divine Creator/One God of the Universe whom are students of Divine scriptural teachings who cross generational, religious, and cultural gaps to promote healing and to reveal the linkages between all Believers of the Universal Divine Creator/One God of the Universe... by whatever name you call Him, He is the same Universal Divine Creator/One God of the entire Universe.
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