tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239967448928247069.post5732966668566023639..comments2011-11-22T07:43:15.051-08:00Comments on Confessional's Bytes: When Bad Things HappenJim Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833221283041770220noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8239967448928247069.post-62343850245694451642011-11-22T07:43:15.051-08:002011-11-22T07:43:15.051-08:00<i>For as we share abundantly in Christ's suff...<i>For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings</i> I firmly believe I shall never hear a theologian of glory preach on this verse (nor Matthew 10:38). There seems to be a number of Lutherans holding to a different exegesis of <i>makarioi</i> preferring an interpretation of happy instead of the ESV's blessed as found in the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:2-11). Yet not one of these people have yet to address verse 10; "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." We seem to prefer running away and hiding rather than admitting this world is thoroughly corrupted by sin - and it's our sin that did this. Being baptized into Christ does not drown the sins of the world, only the sin which separates us from God. We can now rejoice in our affliction secure in the knowledge that, on that glorious day, we too will share in the peace of the Lord. Maranatha.<br />Pax,<br />DennisDennis Peskeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10453626099945639267noreply@blogger.com