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Suffering and Glory

I bring to your attention an excellent article written by John Neufeld, pastor of Willingdon Church (in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada). The author meticulously presents a biblical perspective on the topic of `Suffering and Glory`.

Here is a small extract from the article:

`Living in this world means suffering. But for the believer suffering and glory belong together. In describing our suffering, Paul is holding a scale before us. Not a bathroom scale, but an ancient scale; one that balanced one weight against the other. On the one side, Paul places all the suffering that Christians will endure on this side of eternity. On the other side of the scale, Paul places our future glory. What does our suffering weigh? How does this compare with the weight of our future glory? 2 Corinthians 4:17 says, "For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.” For believers, all present suffering is light and momentary. Our future glory is weighty and eternal.`

Read the entire article here