Sofrimento
O sofrimento é uma realidade da vida neste mundo, mas a Bíblia revela que Deus está presente em toda dor, produzindo caráter, esperança e redenção através das tribulações.
O sofrimento de Cristo
Jesus sofreu por nós, carregando nossas dores e enfermidades. Ele é o modelo supremo de como enfrentar o sofrimento com fé e obediência.
28 And they stripped him, and invested him with a cloak of crimson.29 And they interwove a crown of thorns, and set it upon his head, and a cane in his right hand: and they kneeled upon their knees before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jihudoyee!
21 For unto this have you been called; because the Meshiha also hath died for us, and left us this example, that in his steps we may walk.
10 that in it I may know Jeshu, and the power of his resurrection, and have fellowship in his sufferings, and be conformed into his death,
O propósito do sofrimento
Deus usa as tribulações para produzir perseverança, caráter e esperança. O sofrimento presente não se compara com a glória que será revelada.
3 And not thus only, but also in afflictions we exult; for we know that affliction perfecteth patience in us,4 and patience experience, and experience hope:
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this time are not equal to that glory which is to be revealed in us.
17 For the affliction of this time, while small and light, a glory without end for ever and ever prepareth for us.
5 For as the sufferings of the Meshiha abound in us, so, through the Meshiha, our consolation aboundeth also.
29 And this from Aloha hath been given to you, not only believing to believe in the Meshiha, but also for his sake to suffer,
1 If then the Meshiha hath suffered for you in the flesh, be you also armed in it with the same mind; for every one who dieth in his body hath ceased from all sins,
Consolação e companhia
Deus consola os aflitos para que possamos consolar outros. Nunca estamos sozinhos no sofrimento — Ele é o Pai das misericórdias.
3 Blessed be Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation, who consoleth us in all our afflictions,4 that we may be able to console those who are in all afflictions by that consolation by which we are consoled of Aloha.
2 And bear the burden of one another, and so fulfil the law of the Meshiha.
10 But the God of grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory by Jeshu Meshiha, will give to us while we endure these few afflictions to be strengthened, and confirmed, and established in him for ever.
14 And (yet) if you suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are happy. And you will not fear them who would make you afraid, nor be shaken.
Fé em meio à dor
Os grandes homens e mulheres de fé sofreram e perseveraram. O sofrimento nos aproxima de Deus e nos leva a entender seu coração.
38 And every one who taketh not his cross and cometh after me, is not worthy of me.
39 Whosoever will find his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.
23 And, tormented in shiul, he lifted up his eyes afar, and seeth Abraham, and Loózar in his bosom.24 And he cried with a high voice, and said, My father Abraham, have compassion upon me, and send Loózar, that he may dip the top of his finger in waters, and moisten my tongue; for, behold, I am tormented in this flame.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Meshiha? Affliction, or sorrow, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword?
3 And if all I have I make to feed the poor, and I deliver my body to burn, and love be not in me, I profit nothing.
22 but Aloha hath helped me until this day; and, behold, I stand and testify to the small and to the great, yet nothing beyond Musha and the prophets do I speak, but those things which they said should come to pass;23 that the Meshiha should suffer, and should be the chief of the resurrection from the house of the dead, and should preach light to the people and to the nations.
14 Follow after peace with every man, and after holiness, without which man our Lord seeth not.