One of the greatest privileges we have as believers is the grace of suffering. Many may not see suffering as a privilege, but it is one of the few things that we can share in with Christ. We might never go through anything like being crucified on the cross, but living in this world, we will face persecution of many kinds as His sons and daughters.
As Christ is the Head, and we the body, there is a fellowship of condition, a sympathy of suffering of the closest character. Most assuredly there is a sense in which we could have no actual participation in the sufferings of our Lord-the sense in which those sufferings were expiatory. But mystically, the church suffered with the Head. And having begun in suffering, suffering more or less, tracks our course to glory.
In the Bible, Jesus said "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me" (Matthew 16:24). If we die with Christ, we also celebrate in His resurrection, knowing that when we suffer, we also share in His glory. "Suffering is inseparable from true godliness."
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