Suffering (29)
  1. Rather than validate our selfish, self-serving choices, he justifies us by giving us new life and baptizing us into his death and resurrection.
  2. Jesus doesn’t talk about God’s love for us; he embodies it.
  3. Pain is our birthright, but Jesus’ resurrection is our irrevocable end.
  4. Satan cannot stand the Gospel, and so he goes to work to undermine and render God’s Word an impotent and absurd message.
  5. Believe in God, belong to a church, and behave yourself isn’t the Gospel.