“If you succeed without suffering, it is because someone has suffered for you.”
is the way of self-denial or “suffering” through which we attain glory. It is said that there is no success without suffering. An old adage has it that: “If you succeed without suffering, it is because someone has suffered for you. If you suffer without succeeding, it is so someone may succeed after you, but there is no success without suffering.” There is really no free lunch because somebody must have paid for it. There is price and cost for everything. Shortcuts are “Obtaining By Tricks” .
is not the way of comfort. No one would choose it. Even Jesus did not. But it is the way that God has ordained for our salvation. Following Christ is not a bed of roses, and Christ did not pretend about it. He gave the cost of discipleship in clear terms: “If any will be my disciple, he will deny himself, take up his cross and follow me daily” . He never promised absence of troubles, but His presence and consolation.The OT passage provides the reason for, and insight into the suffering of Job.
The NT passage tells of the unjust treatment of Jesus, which ended on the cross. He was arrested for no just cause and given a stage-managed night trial.
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