tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773722086251863606.post3737406921966807509..comments2022-10-11T08:58:02.931+01:00Comments on Malcolm's Rambles: “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” Audrey HepburnMalcolm Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725631063110381175noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773722086251863606.post-15107104377583045632010-06-23T15:37:32.309+01:002010-06-23T15:37:32.309+01:00Yesterday in Encounter with God, commenting on Rev...Yesterday in Encounter with God, commenting on Rev 1:9-20 Ian Paul wrote<br />"John is clear that the Christian life is one that requires patience, because of the gap between the reality of the present and our expectation of the future. In the present we experience 'suffering' as a result of being 'in Jesus' (v9). This was Jesus own consistent teaching: we receive God's blessing when we live so faithfully to him that others give us trouble,* and anyone who wants to follow him must walk his way of suffering and self-sacrifice **. Paul too taught that we must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God’.***<br />* Matt 5:10,11<br />** Mark 8:34<br />*** Acts 14:22”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com