Study 3 is ministry a suffering? Let's see
@Livingwater Study 3 SUFFERING AS A MINISTRY (Scripture Portion: Philippians 1: 22-30) There is a vast difference between viewing suffering as a mystery and as a ministry. Philippians 1:29 makes it clear that rightly understood suffering is a ministry entrusted to the believer by the Lord. This is a subject which must concern every Christian, for every real Christian without exception is characterised by two things: faith and suffering. As Christians, we are believers (John 14:1), and the one great mark which distinguishes us from the world around is that we believe. But the second distinguishing mark is that we have to suffer because we believe (1 Peter 4:16). The experience of suffering comes to all people, everywhere –- to the Christian and the non-Christian alike. Here is something which touches us all, irrespective of our class or creed. Suffering is universal: the king suffers, and so does the commoner –- look up Job 5:7 and 14:1. It has been said that: “Existence and suffe