II Thessalonians 2:1-5 ~ The Correction Concerning the Day of the Lord Part 2

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So he says, "This is not the judgment day but your persecutions or afflictions are part of belonging to Christ and they are evidences that you worthy of the kingdom of God." Interesting, suffering hardships is equivalent to being worthy of the kingdom of God. We are in a day and age where people are trying to share from the Scriptures that we need to get rid of all of our physical human afflictions and circumstances in order to make it easier. "God does not want us to suffer through these things." Paul says suffering through these things is what makes us worthy of the kingdom of God because they are Christ's sufferings, not ours.