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We Always Focus on the Victim Instead of the Perpetrator
Blog – 4/1/23
Where Are Your Eyes??
Freedom from our own pain and suffering comes from focusing on others, and on God Himself, His mission for us, even. Lk 23:34, Heb 12:2
Godly Perspective on Suffering
Suffering is a necessary aspect of spiritual growth (analogous to growing pains, physically). Suffering is not the end goal, nor is it a “right of passage” or “badge of honor”. Suffering is like fire in that it burns off impurities – the end goal being sanctification (aka, being more like Christ).
The essence of discipline is maintaining the perspective that God is sovereign, holy, and in control.
The Rhetoric in Hebrews
– Prologue: v1:1-4
– Thematic Statement: v1:5-4:16
– Statement of Plausibility: ch5-6
– Demonstration of Proof: v7:1-10:18
– Closing Inspiration: v10:19-13:25
Theology: Types vs. Antitypes
A type is a symbol of something future and distant, or an example prepared and evidently designed by God to prefigure that future thing. What is thus prefigured is called the antitype.
Php 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Jn 19:30
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
The Rhetoric in Hebrews
– Prologue: v1:1-4
– Thematic Statement: v1:5-4:16
– Statement of Plausibility: ch5-6
– Demonstration of Proof: v7:1-10:18
– Closing Inspiration: v10:19-13:25
1Jn 5:4-5
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world— our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?