A post for June 5, 2013

6/5/13

2Co 6:10  as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing;

"Sorrowful yet always rejoicing." How can that be? It can be because Christ is supreme over all things forever, but suffering and death remain for a while. Life is not simple. There is pleasure, and there is pain. There is sweetness, and there is bitter suffering. There is joy, and there is misery. There is life and health, and there is disease and death. And therefore emotions are not simple. For those who love others, and not just their own comforts, this complexity means that we will rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. And there is always someone we know who is weeping, and someone we know who is rejoicing. And therefore we will learn the secret of "sorrowful yet always rejoicing"—and joyful yet always sorrowing. Those amazing words that describe the Christian soul—"sorrowful yet always rejoicing"—mean that suffering remains for a while in this world, but Christ is supreme now and forever.

Rom 12:15  Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

How does this apply to the gospel? What is your point you may be thinking.

The point is, Christ is supreme now and forever. And the good news is that in all of life Christ is supreme now and forever, especially in your salvation.