Facing Suffering | Rev. Larry Trotter

Crucifixion was a cruel act of physical abuse and psychological humiliation. It began with beatings and insults and ending with Jesus being stripped of clothes, nailed to a cross, and left to die. Even as Jesus faces this suffering, he does so for the greater purposes of saving others. From the cross, he tells a repentant criminal “Today, you will be with me in paradise.” Jesus shows us that even our suffering is a chance to glorifying God if we ask ourselves, “How can my faithfulness in the midst of suffering bless others?”

Scripture - Luke 22:63-65