* The message of this verse isn’t preached today.

* All of life points to the truth of this verse - hardship leads to healing.

* If you want to lose weight, is it easy?

* If you want a good marriage, is it easy?

* If you want to make money, is it easy?

* The same is true with our faith - it’s with hardship that we enter the kingdom.

* We receive Jesus by faith but we possess eternal life by faithfulness.

* Key - if we expect it to be hard wele prepare ourselves properly.