tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post3708915847355665902..comments2023-07-26T07:00:17.541-07:00Comments on Meditations on the Christ: The price of a soulJ.C.Novahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16186833039253410600noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244404126834793107.post-71226953862899525762011-05-01T10:31:13.651-07:002011-05-01T10:31:13.651-07:00Sometimes I think God these types of persecutions ...Sometimes I think God these types of persecutions of those who claim to follow, or pray to be made worthy, in order to allow them the grace of affliction that, Like the apostle Paul, they might fill up in their own bodies what was lacking in the suffering of Christ. Only in false persecution and suffering wrong can we identify inside with the mind of Christ. "Narrow" in the "narrow gate" passage, in the Greek, is elsewhere defined as "afflicted", "scourged", "constrained", etceteras. Why should any of seeking Him think it strange that the Lord would show mercy to us in affliction, by way of allowing such persecutions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com