The Christ You Have Never Seen
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- John the Apostle in 1:9 speaks of fellow believers as “companions in suffering.” What were the 3 specific scriptures cited this morning as authority for not thinking of suffering for Christ as an exceptional thing, but at times and in varying degrees the regular pattern of Christian experience in this hostile world?
- What were the varying shapes of Christian suffering, at the hands of the world, mentioned this morning?
- The word ‘perseverance’ and the phrase ‘patient endurance,’ are always attributes of what? Name some examples in your life where this has proven true.
- Saving faith is not just a following faith, but a ___________ faith as well. Give some examples.
- John mentions in verse 10 that “on the Lord’s day, I was in the Spirit.” In what sense was he “in the Spirit?” Also, what does he mean by “on the Lord’s day?”