Thought of the Day: 24 December, 2024 A.D.

 Thought for the Day, December 24, 2024,

 

"Christians are tried to show what measure of grace they have and to purify that which is in them. They can rejoice if they are partakers of Christ’s sufferings: “that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death” (Philippians 3:10). Christ is the saints’ example, but they must understand that their imitation of His suffering is not attainment. No one can flatter himself with the hope of arriving at a point in this life beyond which there is no further improvement. Whatever the trials might be, God will complete that which concerns His children because He will not forsake the work of His grace. Severe trials in the lives of Christians produce perseverance, not apostasy.

-W. E. Best, excerpt from 'Christian Suffering'

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