Willingness to suffer for Jesus\u2019 sake\u2014this is what we have lost from the Christian church. We want our Easter to come without the necessity of a Good Friday. We forget that before the Redeemer could rise and sing among His brethren He must first bow His head and suffer among His brethren!<\/p>\n
We forget so easily that in the spiritual life there must be the darkness of the night before there can be the radiance of the dawn. Before the life of resurrection can be known, there must be the death that ends the dominion of self. It is a serious but a blessed decision, this willingness to say, \u201cI will follow Him no matter what the cost. I will take the cross no matter how it comes!\u201d<\/p>\n
Psalm 30:5; Luke 9:23\u201325; Galatians 2:20; Philippians 2:9\u201311<\/p>\n
I Talk Back to the Devil,<\/i> 98, 99.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Willingness to suffer for Jesus\u2019 sake\u2014this is what we have lost from the Christian church. We want our Easter to come without the necessity of a Good Friday. We forget that before the Redeemer could rise and sing among His brethren He must first bow His head and suffer among His brethren! We forget so … Continue reading “SUFFERING;
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