Heb 11:35-36 CHAPTER 80 - The Pinnacle of Faith
Not only were these instances of the sufferings of the O. T. saints pertinent
to the circumstances the Hebrew Christians of Paul’s time were in, but we
too need to be informed of what faith in God and fidelity to His Truth, may
entail. At the outset of the Christian life, we are bidden to first sit down and
"count the cost" (Luke 14:28), which
means that we are required to contemplate those sufferings which the following
of Christ is likely to involve, and it is well that we should frequently remind
ourselves that "we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God"
(Acts 14:22).
It is criminal silence on the part of any servant of God to conceal from his
hearers that a true profession of the name of Christ will necessarily bring
down upon us not only the scorn and opposition of the outside world, but also
the hatred and persecution of the false religious world. "Beloved, think it not
strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange
thing happened unto you" (1 Pet.
4:12).
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