You are not supposed to shy away from the afflictions of the gospel.Your responsibility in Christ includes sharing in the afflictions of the gospel.

God wants us to enjoy the things he gives to us.He wants you to enjoy salvation, the infilling of the Holy Spirit and every other blessing.What makes all these more interesting is that he gives us “richly”.

There were opponents of the faith then and there are still opponents of the faith today.Those who are always watching the lives of believers and ‘Men of God’ to find faults that they can expose or make public.

Exercising in God is required daily, not weekly or occasionally.Exercising daily in God should become a lifestyle and not an event.

There is such a thing as “boldness of faith”.Paul the Apostle once wrote to Timothy saying “God has not given us the Spirit of timidity”.

Doing right or “well doing” is a lifestyle for the believer, not an occasional event.For example you are human, you shouldn’t get tired of being human.

Believing in Christ Jesus comes along with blessings, advantages, gifts, persecutions and trials of your faith.Persecutions and trials are part of the package here in this world.

It is very important to know that Jesus Christ did not die as a martyr, he died as our sin substitute.He was God’s sacrificial lamb for the sins of the world.

The believer in Christ received both a “new life” and a “new lifestyle”.The new lifestyle is a product and the outworking of the new life.

This Second coming of Jesus Christ to the earth is different from the catching away of the saints which is also known as the rapture of the Church.