Too often, the gospel we hand a new believer is all upside — forgiveness, joy, peace, the Holy Spirit — with none of the fine print. In this sixth episode of the suffering series, Dave Scherrer points out that Jesus never worked that way. To follow Him is to become His bond servant, bought at a terrible cost, and to expect that the world will hate you for it — there's no bait and switch. Dave walks through Jesus' own hard sayings, from the rich young ruler to "the first will be last," before reading one of C.S. Lewis's most piercing passages from The Problem of Pain: that pain is God's "megaphone to rouse a deaf world." A sobering, clarifying episode that sets up the series' next conversation — what it means to suffer well. Visit us at https://100foldministries.org
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