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Explain how the following statement relates to the reason that Christians must suffer: “… something deep in the soul must be disturbed or deep change won’t occur”.
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Suffering shakes us from our ‘complacency.’ It disrupts our routine and arouse us to question and seek answers for our suffering. We don’t look for change when life is smooth-sailing, and are controllable.
Suffering do surface the best and the worst of us, be it a Christian or not. Some grew into Christ-likeness, others becomes a victimizer. -
Christians must suffer to be awaken to their deepest needs. Like the Titanic after hitting the iceberg, we must be hit and shaken, forced into a state of death or life to jolt us out of our complaceny, complaining, and discontent. The jolt must be so aggressive that all other distractions pale in comparison and our life with Christ matters more than anything else.