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1Pet. 2:18 Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

Suffering is difficult, but a life time of suffering is most unbearable, yet, Christian's are called to such a course. Why would a person suffer at the hands of unrighteous person, why would they subject themselves to a master that is wicked? Will, its not because they are trying to prove themselves righteous, like Christ, earning merit with God​/YHWH, no! It for a much better purpose, it is because of the person that indwells them with a truly righteous life, their master Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 53:3 He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn't respect him. 4. Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.

1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

Those belonging to Christ understand, what comes into their lives is not happenstance it is for a purpose, what purpose, they may never know upon earth? But it will workout for God's glory if they endure it until Christ in them conquers it for them by faith. So often we give God a bunch of reasons why he should remove a particular trial out of our lives, but the truth is God does not remove things in our lives, he conquers them through power of life indwelling us, but why?

1 Peter 3:14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."{Isaiah 8:12}

1Cor.1:29 that no flesh should boast before God. 1:30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption: 1:31 that, according as it is written, "He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."{Jeremiah 9:24}

Simply put, he is not glorifying us, but training us, disciplining us, perfecting our trust in him. This cannot happen without suffering in our flesh as Christ Jesus did. The flesh, test the spirit in us, which refines us not like false religion thinks, and how is that? False religion thinks in terms of becoming a better person in the flesh, to them that is the key to success upon this earth, but its contrary to the perfecting of the spirit which is opposed to the flesh, the two cannot exist in harmony. It is this violence within each child of God that we seize the kingdom of God.

Matthew 11:12 From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.{or, plunder it.}

Subsequently, a child of God is chosen from the founding of the world, the life indwelling them has a purpose, the highest purpose upon earth they can rest in faith that each person and trial that comes into their life is for God's purpose. Hence, if they loose that spiritual decrement, chaos will ensue until they submit to the trial allowing God to work in them until he says its finished.

1 Peter 4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.

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