Two great mysteries of the Christian life, both of them declared by God at the very, very beginning of Paul’s new life in Jesus: ELECTION and AFFLICTION. It’s as if God tells each of his children, “You’re mine… and it’s gonna hurt.”
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for HE IS a CHOSEN vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: For I will shew him how great things HE MUST SUFFER for my name’s sake.
Acts 9:15–16
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