Heb
12:3-4 (ESV) Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against
himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. 4 In your struggle
against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
NOTE: The Christian
life will be a struggle at times, and maybe our entire life. None of us desire
that life and so there is a struggle within our souls about the conditions of
life. Jesus struggled and endured much from sinners, but that was primarily at
the end of his life. I think for most people the struggle is not life-long but
episodic, and in those cases we need to look to Jesus and his struggle for our
salvation. This world is not our reward. It does not have to have every moment
as painful. But on the other hand, we are not promised a life free from pain or
heartache. Heb 11 tells us that our reward is a future city, a future people, a
future place. Life will be hard--don't give up. God loves you and he knows what
he is doing in your life. He is a rewarder to those who seek him (Heb 11:6). It
is that faith that pleases him, not artificial rules.
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