{"id":61656,"date":"2005-07-02T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-03T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=61656"},"modified":"2023-07-02T21:37:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T02:37:03","slug":"notes-on-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes on Suffering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Joy in Suffering<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Matthew 5:10-12 &#8211; Suffering for being righteous leads to a great reward<\/li>\n<li>Romans 5:3-5 &#8211; Tribulation leads to perseverance, character, and hope<\/li>\n<li>James 1:2-4 &#8211; Suffering leads to patience and completeness<\/li>\n<li>I Peter 2:19-20 &#8211; Commendable to suffer wrongfully for doing good<\/li>\n<li>I Peter 3:14 &#8211; Suffering for being righteous is a blessing<\/li>\n<li>I Peter 4:14-16 &#8211; If reproached for the name of Christ, it glorifies Christ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Christ, Our Example in Suffering<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>I Peter 2:21-25 &#8211; Should follow in the steps of the suffering Savior<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joy in Suffering Matthew 5:10-12 &#8211; Suffering for being righteous leads to a great reward Romans 5:3-5 &#8211; Tribulation leads to perseverance, character, and hope James 1:2-4 &#8211; Suffering leads to patience and completeness I Peter 2:19-20 &#8211; Commendable to suffer wrongfully for doing good I Peter 3:14 &#8211; Suffering for being righteous is a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[182],"class_list":["post-61656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-suffering"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66718,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/suffering-in-baptism\/","url_meta":{"origin":61656,"position":0},"title":"Suffering in Baptism?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Perry Hall Amid Peter discussing suffering and judgment, he mentions, \"baptism now saves\" (I Peter 3:21). 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