Why christian surfer

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: WHY CHRISTIAN SURFER

I am written this morning meal to answer some brethren question to my last morning meal on prayer.
And about Christian suffering.
Many believe that when you have giving your life to Jesus you don't have to suffer.

ROMANS 8:18-39

At one time or another most, if not all, Christians ask: “Why does our loving and all powerful God allow His people to suffer so?”

We will not have the complete answer to this question this side of Heaven, but the Bible, God’s infallible Word, does shed much light on the reasons why Believers suffer, and reassures us that everything will work out for our eternal good.
From Romans chapter 8 we learn that the sufferings of this life can not be compared with our future glory (8:18), and that all things in this life, including, suffering, work together of our ultimate good (8:28-30).

The Bible provides many of the reasons why God allows Believers to suffer “tribulation” (pressures on both body and soul), “distress” (anguish of all kinds), poverty (“famine” and “nakedness”), “peril” (danger), “persecution” (unjust treatment), and even the “sword” of the executioner (8:35).

Many think that when they receive the Lord Jesus Christ all their problems are over, but God never said that Believers would not suffer problems in this life. The Lord Jesus did say:

“In the World ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the World” (John 16:33).

Our text in Romans says that “in all these things [tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, and sword] we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us” (8:37). In this life we will suffer, but “all things [trouble and pain of all kinds] work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called …” (8:28).

Christians must keep this principal in mind: short term suffering works for our long term good!

God issues many “calls” to Believers in His Word. Among them are:

1) the call to repentance (Luke 5:32),
2) the call to salvation or sonship (John 1:12; Romans 8:28-30),
3) the call to sanctification or holiness (I Thessalonians 4;3-7), 4) the call to separation from unbelievers and false religion (II Corinthians 6:14-18; Revelation 18:4),
5) the call to Christian fellowship (I Corinthians 1:9; Hebrews 10:24-25),
6), the call to peace (Colossians 3:15),
7) the all important call to love and compassion (I Peter 3:8-9), 8) the call to Christian service (Ephesians 2:10), and yes, there is 9) the call to suffering (I Peter 2:19-21; Philippians 1:29), and last, but certainly not least, there is
10) the wonderful call to glory (I Peter 5:10; II Peter 1:3; Romans 8:29-30; I Thessalonians 2:12).

The Lord issues all these calls in His Word, which reveals His purpose, to “the called according to His purpose” or in other words, to those who believe God’s Word. Just as surely as God has called all Believers to sonship, peace, fellowship, holiness, love, service, and glory, He has also called us to suffering!

“For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. ... For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps.” (1 Peter 2:19, 21)

The Lord willingly suffered wrongfully, because of our sin and because the world is temporally in the hands of Satan. We suffer wrongfully because the world is still full of sinners manipulated by Satan and his angels.

The fact of the matter is that we will be in and out of trouble all our earthly lives! Suffering is a normal part of life, and no one is smart enough, rich enough, or powerful enough to escape from suffering and trouble. The secret to life, in this World is not learning how to get out and stay out of trouble, but learning how to “be of good cheer,” and become “more than conquers through [Jesus Christ]” while we are actually in trouble and suffering (John 16:33; Romans 8:37).

LET US PRAY
DEAR LORD JESUS, HELP US TO OVERCOME AND MANAGE OUR FAITH THROUGH GOOD AND BAD THAT COMES OUR WAYS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN

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