And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. (Romans 8:28-30 KJV)
This world is imperfect. Bad things happened to good people. Good things happened to bad people. There is no justice. It is a suffering world. Christians are called to live with joy a suffering world, without exemption from sufferings that happened to all men. How then can Christians live with joy in such a world?
Romans 8 is about living with joy in a suffering world. Romans 8:28-30 gives three principles why we can living in a suffering world with joy.
Romans 8:28 tells us that bad things turn out for good.
Romans 8:29 tells us that good things can never be lost.
Romans 8:30 tells us that best things are yet to come.
(From a sermon "The Christian's Happiness" by Dr Tim Keller)
"Everything is necessary that he sends. Nothing can be necessary that he withholds." - John Newton
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (Romans 8:18 KJV)
We have an anchor beyond the grave.
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