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"I am afraid to become a Christian because I will suffer persecution"
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Matthew 5:10
2Corinthians 4:17 "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;"
2Timothy 2:12 "If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:"
1Peter 4:14 "If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified."
James 1:12 "Blessed is the man that endures trial: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him."
1Peter 3:14 "But if you suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are you: and,
Psalm 118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
"If there is a God why is there so much suffering and injustice"
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Romans 5:12 "Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:"
Jeremiah 9:24 "
Justice is the glory and nature of God.
Psalm 58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Isaiah 34:8 "For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompense for the controversy of Zion."
Isaiah 35:4 "Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you."
Isaiah 63:4 "
God always judges at the best time though it does not seem that way.
Jeremiah 11:20 "But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for unto you have I revealed my cause."
If we can't call on God for justice then justice cannot be found anywhere because God is the fullness it's meaning.
Romans 12:19 "Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written,
Psalm 37:7 "Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass."
Ecclesiastes 8:12 "Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, who fear before him:"
Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children: but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Ecclesiastes 2:26 "For God gives to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping up, only that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping of the wind."
Job 27:16 "Though he heap up silver as the dust, and pile up clothing as the clay;"
Proverbs 28:8 "He that by usury and unjust gain increases his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor."
"Why is God letting this happen to me"
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James 1:2 "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials;"
Temptations and problems come to perfect my joy and to give me all the joy I need.
Romans 5:3 "And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation works patience;"
Problems and tribulations bring me into God's glory.
Philippians 4:11 "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, to be content."
True joy is not dependent on my circumstance but on God.
John 16:33 "
My joy is not found in the world but in the sure word of Jesus.
Philippians 3:10 "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;"
The goal of God in my circumstances is that I will know Christ which is worth more than anything. True joy does not thrive on circumstances but thrives on my knowledge of Christ.
John 12:24 "
Problems come to rid us of the problems preventing us from growing and bearing fruits in God and Joy one ingredient of the fruit of the Spirit.
Isaiah 43:2 "
2Corinthians 4:18 "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."
"God cursed the ground to give Adam toil so I should accept it as normal to go through this toil"
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Psalm 127:2 "It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gives his beloved sleep."
I am God's beloved God gives me no toil but rather rest. I choose to rest in God for it is vain to toil because God has already given me more than what men toil for. God has toiled for me.
Proverbs 10:22 "The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it."
I am God's blessed one no sorrow can be added to my life.
Deuteronomy 8:18 "But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is he that gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore unto your fathers, as it is this day."
As long as I am in the covenant of faith I have all the power.
Hebrews 4:3 "For we who have believed do enter into rest, as he said,
I have entered into my rest by my faith in the finished works of Christ.
Psalm 23:2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters.
The direction of my life in God is towards abundance and peace.
Galatians 3:13 "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:"
Jesus took my every curse. I have none to bear.
Romans 5:17 "For if by one man's offense death reigned by one; much more they who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)"
I have avoided all toils by connecting to Jesus by my faith in Him.
Matthew 11:28 "
I have rest because I have come to Christ by faith.
Hebrews 4:11 "Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief."
The only labour of my life is the labour of faith.
"I am suffering because God is punishing me for the sins of my forefathers"
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1John 4:10 "In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."
Christ loves me and has already received all my punishment.
Galatians 3:13 "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:"
All my curses have been put on Christ. I have none to bear.
Jeremiah 31:29 "
i.e. No longer will children suffer from the sins of their forefathers. I will never say I am suffering the punishment of the sins of my forefathers.
Ezekiel 18:2 "
God has broken every bad pattern in my family line.
2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
I have been disconnected from any bad lineage and have been connected to God's lineage through faith.
Galatians 3:7 "Know you therefore that they who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham."
My father is Abraham and Abraham was a blessed man. I am therefore a blessed person.
"Why do I have to suffer for someone's mistake"
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Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
The life of Christ we are privileged to live involves suffering for the mistakes of others
Galatians 6:2 "Bear you one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."
2Timothy 2:12 "If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:"
Suffering for others means enjoying for others.
Galatians 6:7 "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap."
The seed we sow to enjoy what we don't deserve is suffering what we don't deserve
"Why do other people suffer more than others for no fault of theirs"
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1Corinthians 10:13 "There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it."
Romans 10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
Matthew 11:12 "
2Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
"God sends sicknesses, problems, poverty to teach us lessons and to make us be"
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John 10:10 "
God is the author of life and all that is good. The sufferings we go through comes from the devil and they come to teach us one principal thing and that is our need to believe and receive God as our life and immunity to suffering
"If God will tell me why I am going through this I will be satisfied"
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2Corinthians 5:7 "(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)"
Revelation 4:4 "And round about the throne were four and twenty thrones: and upon the thrones I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white clothing; and they had on their heads crowns of gold."
Philippians 4:6 ,6 Be anxious for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.,7 "And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.",8 "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."
"I have to accept and endure every suffering as coming from God to perfect me"
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Ephesians 6:12 "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in heavenly places."
Not every kind of suffering is from God and therefore not every kind of suffering should be tolerated
Philippians 3:10 "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;"
Only the sufferings of Christ which is persecution for righteousness sake should be tolerated in our lives
Hosea 4:6 "
Proverbs 29:18 "Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he."
"I am worried and frustrated about what is happening in this world"
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John 16:33 "
Romans 14:17 "For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit."
Colossians 3:2 "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth."
Colossians 3:3 "For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."
"I will be rejected if I choose to follow Christ and Who will take care of me if I choose to follow God/Christ"
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Ephesians 1:6 "To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he has made us accepted in the beloved."
Jeremiah 31:3 "The LORD has appeared of old unto me, saying,
Psalm 27:10 "When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up."
"I believe that hell is just a temporal place of torment for sinners"
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Matthew 25:46
"I deserve this because I have suffered a lot in life"
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Ephesians 2:9 "Not of works, lest any man should boast."
Romans 9:16 "So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy."
"I deserve this because I have suffered a lot for it"
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Ephesians 2:9 "Not of works, lest any man should boast."
"God brings poverty and sickness on us to mold us"
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3John 1:2 "Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers."
Man and not God is the cause and the one responsible for all the ills of this world.