Romans: Rooted in Jesus, Encouragement in Suffering

If you have read the book or seen the play, Les Misérables, then you know the story of Jean Valjean. Victor Hugo presents the lives of those who suffer in a tumultuous time of the French state. We follow the story of orphans, convicts, revolutionary youths, thieves, scoundrels, law enforcement, and the servants of religion. Each of their stories reveal different levels of hardship, suffering, and pain, hence the meaning of the title, the miserable ones.

Paul ends Romans 8:17 saying this, “provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.” What suffering is Paul referring to? Is it the struggle against sin in our lives? Is it suffering with the presence of evil in the world? Is it suffering from the world for what we believe? Sunday, we’ll look into the text and allow Paul to define the suffering and consider the basis for confidence in our suffering. Join us Sunday as we worship the One who entered our suffering, suffered for us, and ministers to us as we suffer with him.