The Gospel of Your Faith and Love (1 Thess. 3:1-13)

Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

What if I told you that your suffering - your affliction - is a part of the -great trial that was prophesied to come upon God's people at the end--- What if I told you that your suffering was part of God's plan for the ages - part of what God is doing in order to bring about the salvation of humanity-----Well, that's what it is- -How should Christians respond to the prognosis of a terminal illness, to a job loss because of refusal to compromise faith, to the death of a loved one.... Whenever we maintain our faith in Christ throughout these situations, we demonstrate our identification with the Messiah.- -Beale, 100---The church will never be healthy unless she suffers for Christ...