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In the providence of God, today is Easter Sunday, and no text could be any more appropriate to Easter and the resurrection than Philippians 1:18-26. If this is not a resurrection passage, I don’t know what is. Paul’s perspective on life and death is founded upon the bedrock certainty of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and ...
Jul 24, 2006 · And Paul, as a missionary, penetrating the nations, goes out there, and as a member of the body of Christ, he suffers. He said, “I bear in my body the marks of Jesus” (Galatians 6:17). He bears the suffering and says, “This is the suffering of Christ being completed for their observation, not their salvation.
Feb 7, 2010 · Paul sees his own physical suffering and spiritual renewal—”though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day” (2 Cor. 4:16)—as a presentation of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Paul again and again hits on the theme that the weakness of his frame is designed to magnify the power of God’s name.
Sep 23, 2024 · Answer. Paul speaks of a “thorn in the flesh” in 2 Corinthians 12:7. He calls it “a messenger of Satan” that had a purpose of “torment.”. Many explanations have been put forward, but whether Paul is referring to a physical, spiritual, or emotional affliction—or something else entirely—has never been answered with satisfaction.
The Sufferings of Paul. This Time Paul was Imprisoned as an “Evil-Doer.”. 2 Timothy 3:12 – “Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”. 1 Peter 4:16 – “Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.”. Before Becoming a Christian, Paul had ...
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Feb 6, 2022 · Paul and Suffering. It is a fact that Paul, probably, experienced more suffering for God ’s sake than any other fellow worker that has been called upon to suffer. For he wrote, “I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. Five times I received from the ...
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Aug 4, 2021 · The Apostle makes reference to “the affliction we experienced in Asia” (2 Cor. 1:8). Some commentators argue that the Apostle refers to the uproar at Ephesus that occurred when Demetrius the silversmith and other craftsmen opposed Paul and the other Christians because belief in the gospel threatened their livelihood, which was centered on ...
