Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter. For example, 1 Peter 4:15-16 warns that we may suffer out of our own fault.īut let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in other people’s matters.Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy. Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly For example, Proverbs 6:12-15: the wicked man receives calamity.We might suffer because of our own sinful or foolish choices.Jesus said that those people were not worse sinners than other people. In Luke 13, Jesus mentioned 18 people who died in His day when a tower fell (perhaps or probably through an earthquake). For example, consider the common suffering from natural disasters or birth defects.We might suffer because we live in a fallen world.These seven reasons are not given in any particular order. There are many different reasons why a Christians might suffer. Some think that suffering in itself will make us better people.īut let me get to Maran’s question directly: Why do Christians suffer?. Some think that all suffering is from God.Some think that all suffering is from the devil.Some think that becoming a Christian means, “no more suffering.”.Many believers have a poor understanding of what God says about suffering, both in general and for believers. There is a lot to be said about suffering in the Christian life. Maran from India – part of our TWR360 audience – asks a simple yet profound and important question: Why do Christians suffer?
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