Bearing His Reproach II

DAILY GRACE
TUES. 8TH, MARCH, 2016
TOPIC: Bearing His Reproach II
TEXT: Hebrew 13:13

Welcome to a great day.
Each remaining day of this week will bring you better results and increase in Jesus' name.

As we shared yesterday, we must look into the major implication of this theme as enshrined in the 1 Pet. 4:14. Bearing His reproach comes along with some sufferings.
And this sort of suffering would fall to a believer’s lot, they would be reviled, evil-spoken of, and slandered for the name or sake of Christ. In such case I want to say happy are you, the reason of which is, “Because you have the spirit of God with you, to fortify and comfort you, and the Spirit of God is also the Spirit of glory, that will carry you through all, bring you off gloriously, and prepare and seal you up for eternal glory".
  This glorious Spirit rest upon you, reside with you, dwell in you, support you, and is pleased with you, and is not this an unspeakable privilege? By your patience and fortitude in suffering, by your dependence upon the promises of God, and adhering to the word which the Holy Spirit hath revealed. He is on your part glorified, but by the contempt and reproaches cast upon you the Spirit Himself is evil-spoken of and blasphemed.
Note:                   
  [1.] The best men and the best things usually meet with reproaches in the world. Jesus Christ and His followers, the Spirit of God and the gospel, are all evil-spoken of.
[2.] The happiness of good people not only consists with, but even flows from their afflictions. Happy are you!
[3.] That man who hath the Spirit of God resting upon him cannot be miserable, let his afflictions be ever so great. Happy are you for the Spirit of God, etc.
[4.] The blasphemies and reproaches which evil men cast upon the believer in Christ are taken by the Spirit of God as cast upon himself. On their part he is evil-spoken of.
[5.] When good people are vilified for the name of Christ, His Holy Spirit is glorified in them.

Personal Confession: Oh Lord my Father, grant me the courage and strength to go forth to bear your reproach in Jesus name.
                      
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