PASSIONATE PURSUIT...POWER OF GOD UNVEILED LONGSUFFERING

WE MUST PARTAKE OF THE SUFFERINGS OF THE CROSS
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II CORINTHIANS 6:3-10

GIVING NO OFFENCE IN ANYTHING THAT THE MINISTRY BE NOT BLAMED.
BUT IN ALL THINGS APPROVING OURSELVES AS THE MINISTERS OF GOD, IN MUCH PATIENCE, IN AFFLICTIONS, IN NECESSITIES, IN DISTRESSES, IN STRIPES, IN IMPRISONMENTS, IN TUMULTS, IN LABORS, IN WATCHINGS, IN FASTINGS;
BY PURENESS, BY KNOWLEDGE, BY LONGSUFFERING, BY KINDNESS, BY THE HOLY GHOST, BY LOVE UNFEIGNED.
BY THE WORD OF TRUTH, BY THE POWER OF GOD, BY THE ARMOUR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ON THE RIGHT HAND AND ON THE LEFT,
BY HONOUR AND DISHONOUR, BY EVIL REPORT AND GOOD REPORT: AS DECEIVER, AND YET TRUE;
AS UNKNOWN, AND YET WELL KNOWN; AS DYING, AND , BEHOLD, WE LIVE; AS CHASTENED, AND NOT KILLED;
AS SORROWFUL, YET ALWAYS REJOICING, AS POOR, YET MAKING MANY  RICH; AS HAVING NOTHING, AND YET POSSESSING ALL THINGS.

As we have studied in previous chapters concerning joy, it is safe to share that there is no joy without overcoming trials and tests building us up in our most holy faith. If we partake of the heavenly callings, then we must also partake of the sufferings of the cross. We must eat of the whole loaf and take the bitter with the sweet.
In the last days the Lord warns his children that we will endure diverse temptations and all manners of evil. Yet, while warning the Lord also states that we must not allow our good to be evil spoken of and He also states for us to be good stewards of the mysteries of His Holy Word and walk worthy of our vocation. In doing so we are no offending or causing blame to come upon the ministry. The Lord doesn't want our labors or suffering to be in vain. He wants us obtain the promises in Him.
It is needful to recognize that after mentioning that we maintain ourselves blameless unto God, He mentions that we maintain our worthiness as ministers of God in patience, afflictions, necessities, and distresses. We are going to go through trials and sufferings simply because by faith we have obtained a divine nature and have been given divine power. We will be afflicted bu the Lord delivers us out of them all. He says we must endure in much patience.