1 Peter 4:12-19 - Suffering and Stories
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The episode discusses the themes of suffering and judgment in the context of Christian faith as explored in 1 Peter 4:12-19.
Listen along as we continue through 1 Peter. Notes//Quotes: 1 Peter 4:12-19 John 16:33 Romans 5:1-5 James 1:2-4 Certainly there is unanimous teaching among the NT writers that there is no condemnation for those who believe in Christ and that they will be delivered from the destiny that is coming to those who disobey God by rejecting the redemption he provides in Jesus Christ. But there is ample teaching that Christians will nevertheless be judged and that it is their standing with Christ that will bring this judgment to a good end. Those who profess Christ are the first ones to be tested in God’s judging action, and it occurs during their lives and throughout history. Karen Jobes 1 Cor 3:10-17 “While other worldviews lead us to sit in the midst of life’s joys, foreseeing the coming sorrows, Christianity empowers its people to sit in the midst of this world’s sorrows, tasting the coming joy. Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire. God will allow evil only to the degree that it brings about the very opposite of what it intends.” Tim Keller
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