Bearing The Life And Death Of Christ (Psalm 66:12; 2 Corinthians 4:9 10)
Jesus was not immune to all the pain and suffering that every human being has to endure. And we know that the outcome of His death was that He was raised up from the grave. And yet when He calls us to follow Him, He says to us that we will have trouble in the world. And in today’s texts, we see this very difficult description of how things don’t work out the way we believe they should even though we’re following Him. We know of many stories, even some very recent ones, where believers in different parts of the world are being killed and even beheaded for their faith. To follow Jesus means you will carry in your body, both His life and His death. There is no way around it. If you take up your cross and follow Him, that’s just the way it’s going to be. We’re not a congregation of Marvel heroes but we can marvel that the heroic power of Jesus works through ordinary people like us, in life and in death.
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