God's Son truly suffered for us. However, He did so according to the attributes of the human nature, which He received into the unity of His divine person and made His own. He did this so that He might be able to suffer and be our High Priest for our reconciliation with God....
~BOC, FE,VII, 14
Showing posts with label Suffering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Suffering. Show all posts
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Christ, by His human nature, has sympathy and is with us in all our troubles...
But Christ promised that He--He, the man who has spoken with them, who has experienced all tribulations in His received human nature, and who can therefore have sympathy with us, as with men and His brethren--He will be with us in all our troubles also according to the nature by which He is our brother and we are flesh of His flesh.
~BOC, FSD, FSD, VII, 87
~BOC, FSD, FSD, VII, 87
Monday, October 3, 2011
Where God's Word is crosses will also be...
If we would be Christians, therefore, we must surely expect and count on having the devil with all his angels and the world as our enemies. They will bring every possible misfortune and grief upon us. For where God's Word is preached, accepted, or believed and produces fruit, there the holy cross cannot be missing. And let no one think that he shall have peace. He must risk whatever he has upon earth--possessions, honor, house and estate, wife and children, body and life. Now, this hurts our flesh and the old Adam. The test is to be steadfast and to suffer with patience in whatever way we are assaulted, and to let go whatever is taken from us.
~BOC, LC, III, 65-66
~BOC, LC, III, 65-66
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