The following is taken from this month's Voice of the Martyrs magazine, From the Director:
Today, the suicide bombings, terrorism in the skies and general eroding of our culture have caused many Christians to worry about the future. God is not the author of evil, of the horrible acts we hear about on the evening news. Yet God allows our way of life to be threatened so that we will wake up and focus our energies on sharing the hope of eternal life. Jesus allows His sheep to smell the breath of the wolf so that they will bleat out the name of their Shepherd and depend upon Him.
May we understand what it is we are smelling, acknowledge Him Who is our Creator and Redeemer,and raise our voices to Him Who is our ever present help in time of need.
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That is very true and a great quote! Thanks for sharing.
This reminds me of an audio sermon I heard this past weekend given by John Piper. The topic was general suffering. The following was a part of the text from Romans 8:
18"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. 20For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,
in hope
21that[i] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God."
What a wonderful promise!
It is indeed a wonderful promise!
I listened to that same Piper sermon. In fact, I listen to 2 or 3 of his every week.
God bless.
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