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Does God Want Us To Suffer? by gbenga195(m): 3:31pm On Jul 15, 2013
Does God want christains to
suffer? This is a question in the
mind of many. According to
Purnell's new colour dictionary,
surffering is pain of the body or
mind; experience of pain. God
created man, and his purpose
was that man should have power
over the fish, birds, and all
animals, domestic and wild, large
and small. In brief, his purpose
was that man dominated the
earth (Gen 1:26). We were not
created to suffer but rather, we
were created to dominate. As
defined above, suffering is pain
of the body or the mind. It is not
God's plan and will that his
children should go through this
type of suffering. Pain in the
body which could be in form of
sickness, disease... That of the
mind has to do with the
emotional state of a person.
Sometimes we suffer for our
ignorance for the bible says "my
people perish because of lack of
knowledge". Few times, it could
be God that allows/permits such
trials our way which leads to
pain of the mind or the body. But
one thing for sure is that God will
never allow trials to consume us.
The grace to pull out it there. So
we need to check ourselves
sometimes when going through
pain. Did we disobey certain
instruction we ought to have
obeyed? Instructions from God,
our parents(moral living),
doctors, life principles... But God
is willing and ready to help you.
To lift the burden off your back.
Just persist in prayers of mercy
to him. God is willing. God is a
father. But there's a kind of
suffering God wants his children
to partake of and that is
suffering because...

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