Learn about suffering, and what it does for you, and how you should feel about suffering for being a Christian
1 Peter 4:1
1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the
flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he
that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the
flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have
wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in
lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings,
banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not
with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge
the quick and the dead.
6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to
them that are dead, that they might be judged according
to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore
sober, and watch unto prayer.
8 And above all things have fervent charity among
yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister
the same one to another, as good stewards of the
manifold grace of God.
11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of
God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the
ability which God giveth: that God in all things
may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom
be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 4:12
12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the
fiery trial which is to try you, as though some
strange thing happened unto you:
2 Peter 3:10
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the
which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements
shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are
therein shall be burned up.
1 Peter 4:13
13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of
Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be
revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy
are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon
you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your
part he is glorified.
15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a
thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other
men's matters.
16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not
be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin
at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what
shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall
the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will
of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in
well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
Joel 2:30
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Zechariah 14:12
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.