http://erikwillits.com/wordpress/?p=618 Revolutionary Thoughts :: learning to live out the Jesus Revolution Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:44:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://erikwillits.com/wordpress/?p=618&cpage=1#comment-3236 Mike Bailey Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:55:39 +0000 http://erikwillits.com/wordpress/?p=618#comment-3236 Thanks, Erik, for your thoughts. I have been encouraged by my reading in 2 Cor. 1. Paul talks about "the sufferings of Christ flowing over into our lives" (vs. 5, NIV) and that God's compassion and comfort also overflow to us in the process, through the concern of others, through prayers of others, and from God. It does seem that our Lord Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount flip-flops the world's concepts of being blessed and suffering. I. e., ...from: if we suffer, we are not blessed... to: if we suffer (for Christ's sake), we are blessed... Peace. Thanks, Erik, for your thoughts.
I have been encouraged by my reading in 2 Cor. 1. Paul talks about “the sufferings of Christ flowing over into our lives” (vs. 5, NIV) and that God’s compassion and comfort also overflow to us in the process, through the concern of others, through prayers of others, and from God. It does seem that our Lord Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount flip-flops the world’s concepts of being blessed and suffering. I. e., …from: if we suffer, we are not blessed… to: if we suffer (for Christ’s sake), we are blessed…
Peace.

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