General Facts About Affliction - 2

. Saints  appointed –

John 16:33

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.  In this world you will have trouble.  But take heart! I have overcome  the world.”

Acts 14:22

strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith.  “We must go through many hardships  to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

so that no one would be unsettled by these trials.  For you know quite well that we are destined for them.

1 Peter 5:9

Resist him,  standing firm in the faith,  because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

. Often severs –

Revelation 7:14


I answered, “Sir, you know.”

 And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes  and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

. Light, compared to future glory –

Acts 20:23-24

I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me  that prison and hardships are facing me.    However, I consider my life worth nothing to me;  my only aim is to finish the race  and complete the task  the Lord Jesus has given me —the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

Romans 8:8

Those who are in the realm of the flesh  cannot please God.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.