Pie Posted April 8, 2017 Group: Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 45 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 63 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/18/2017 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/24/1987 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, Neighbor said: May I suggest the study By John Piper on the subject? http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/your-executioner-may-laugh-you-to-scorn-for-quoting-psalm-91 Within it Piper quotes Satan using Psalm 91 to try to ensnare Jesus And of course the response by Jesus to Satan. And : http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/no-evil-shall-befall-you But is it wrong or will it fail if we are led by the Holy Spirit to extrapolate from the word of God? https://world.wng.org/2012/09/powerful_inferences? And a summary from http://fighterverses.com/blog-post/what-psalm-91-says-about-christian-suffering/ "Consider how Charles Spurgeon explains this same meaning: It is impossible that any ill should happen to the man who is beloved of the Lord; the most crushing calamities can only shorten his journey and hasten him to his reward. Ill to him is not ill, but only good in a mysterious form. Losses enrich him, sickness is his medicine, reproach is his honor, death is his gain. No evil in the strict sense of the word can happen to him, for everything is overruled for good. Happy is he who is in such a case. He is secure where others are in peril, he lives where others die." Thank you very much for these links that go deeper into the topic! Very interesting that Satan, himself, used this Psalm on Jesus. That quote by Charles Spurgeon at the end is beautiful. I think that perspective makes perfect sense because that seems to line up perfectly with what Paul and Jesus say about death and I think that can be applied to suffering as well. Philippians 1:21-23 "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better." John 11:25-26 "Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" Edited April 8, 2017 by Pie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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