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Patience is not submissiveness, nor is it resignation to fate, nor is it stoical apathy What then, is the nature of patience?
What is the secret patience of the new life of a Christian?
We would describe it thus patience is a strength of spirit engendered within the heart of God's children by the Holy Spirit, which enables them to remain standing, unshaken and undaunted, in spite of all the forces that would tear them from the Kingdom of God. It is strength. It is endurance.
The child of God has a new life, a life not of this world, a life supernaturally implanted within him by the mighty act of God. And he lives that new life, though he himself does not understand it by the strength of the Holy Spirit who, having instilled it, also sustains and preserves it Because this new life within the Christian is of God. It is opposed to Satan, sin and the world. Therefore, Satan cannot and does not let it grow unhindered in self defense and in hatred against God. He attacks God's children, striving to crush the new life lest it crush it and undermine its power.
That is why he attacks the Freeborn of the Lord so zealously. Now, with cunning and Slyness, often openly and always without quarter,
sometimes he uses widely temptation as a weapon.
Sometimes he works through the secret deep seated sins of character.
Sometimes he throws out once forgiven sins into our faces. He. at times he pours over us a veritable flood of adversity and spiritual agony. Thus, the life of a Christian becomes a struggle, a constant struggle to remain standing against the onslaught of Satan and the strength which enables a child of God to come through the terrible fray unharmed to stand fast without giving way an inch is called patience or endurance. The Greek. word which the apostle uses literally means to remain in a position in which one is placed. that is to stay at once post to stay fast again and again.
The apostle used the contest of the arena to illustrate the Christian's life in the world. These contests, especially the Olympic Games, were regarded as the noblest tests on man's honor and strength to be crowned a victor in the Olympic Games was the highest distinction of a Greek could win, and the whole populous praise and extolled the hero with the highest enthusiasm.
Thus, it is no wonder that Paul frequently speaks of the games. Brethren, I count on myself to have laid hold, but this one thing I do forgetting those things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before I press on toward the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus and again henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous judge shall give me in that day, not to me only, but also to them that have loved his appearing to the Corinthians, he writes, Know ye not that they which run in the race run all but one receiveth the prize and every man that striveth in the games exercises self control and all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I therefore shall run as an. not uncertain uncertainly so fight I has not beaten the year, but I buffet my body and bring it into subjection.
In these Olympic Games there was a contest for runners, a racetrack for horses drawing handsome, three wheelers and an arena where men wrestle with men. Such an arena Paul has in mind in Romans 5 tribulation worketh steadfastness that is endurance or patience.
Since the Olympic Games were tournaments of honor, no one was permitted to take part without first submitting to a twofold examination. His reputation in society and his physical health must be approved to ascertain the first a crier was sent through the streets calling upon anyone who might have a charge against them to speak up for the honor of Greece.
If a man was found to be in debt or a slave or guilty of some misdeed all this was made public to his shame, and he was barred from the arena. But if he was a Freeman and his record was clear, the crier would lead him through the streets with honor, and so admit him to the arena.
Paul, in the aforementioned chapter, glories in the fact that we, children of God, have not been denied admission to the arena while deaths of impaired, and we have been cleared of all accusations through faith in Jesus Christ Whose blood has made us free men. Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. This same Jesus, who has crier, has gone before us leads us into the arena For Paul says through whom we have had our access by faith into the disgrace that is access to the glorious arena, wherein we stand, we have taken our position and readiness for the fight and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God That is in the prospect of wearing the crown with which the judge of the contest shall crown us.
A man who has thus taken his position in the arena is disappointed if there is no one to do battle with him. He literally rejoices when an opponent appears with whom he may come to grips. Therefore, the apostle goes on to say, and not only so not only have we taken Austin Arena, but we rejoice in our tribulations. That is, we're glad to face an opponent.
We would not be left standing in the center of the arena like fools, vainly waiting for someone to come. For the wrestle was our purpose.
Because we know so, Christ concludes that tribulation works endurance or provenness hope and hope put us us not to shame, but the love of God hath been shed abroad nor hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given unto us When we are attacked, when our opponent takes hold and attempts to throw us, only then does our strength appear in every muscle is strained every each fist attack inspires more determined resistance. We exert ourselves to the utmost, putting forth all our strength to remain standing and thus endurance is born when the first assailant slinks away, having failed to triumph over us, we have confidence to enter a 2nd bout with an even stronger opponent, we have tested our strength by enduring we approved our ability to endure thus endurance, worketh approvedness, and with the new confidence hope waxes stronger. The hope of never being overcome by an assailant, the hope of eventually winning the crown.
Thus the child of God struggling against the forces of evil in and around him discovers within himself a god given strength which enables him to endure all assault triumphantly
What is the secret patience of the new life of a Christian?
We would describe it thus patience is a strength of spirit engendered within the heart of God's children by the Holy Spirit, which enables them to remain standing, unshaken and undaunted, in spite of all the forces that would tear them from the Kingdom of God. It is strength. It is endurance.
The child of God has a new life, a life not of this world, a life supernaturally implanted within him by the mighty act of God. And he lives that new life, though he himself does not understand it by the strength of the Holy Spirit who, having instilled it, also sustains and preserves it Because this new life within the Christian is of God. It is opposed to Satan, sin and the world. Therefore, Satan cannot and does not let it grow unhindered in self defense and in hatred against God. He attacks God's children, striving to crush the new life lest it crush it and undermine its power.
That is why he attacks the Freeborn of the Lord so zealously. Now, with cunning and Slyness, often openly and always without quarter,
sometimes he uses widely temptation as a weapon.
Sometimes he works through the secret deep seated sins of character.
Sometimes he throws out once forgiven sins into our faces. He. at times he pours over us a veritable flood of adversity and spiritual agony. Thus, the life of a Christian becomes a struggle, a constant struggle to remain standing against the onslaught of Satan and the strength which enables a child of God to come through the terrible fray unharmed to stand fast without giving way an inch is called patience or endurance. The Greek. word which the apostle uses literally means to remain in a position in which one is placed. that is to stay at once post to stay fast again and again.
The apostle used the contest of the arena to illustrate the Christian's life in the world. These contests, especially the Olympic Games, were regarded as the noblest tests on man's honor and strength to be crowned a victor in the Olympic Games was the highest distinction of a Greek could win, and the whole populous praise and extolled the hero with the highest enthusiasm.
Thus, it is no wonder that Paul frequently speaks of the games. Brethren, I count on myself to have laid hold, but this one thing I do forgetting those things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before I press on toward the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus and again henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous judge shall give me in that day, not to me only, but also to them that have loved his appearing to the Corinthians, he writes, Know ye not that they which run in the race run all but one receiveth the prize and every man that striveth in the games exercises self control and all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I therefore shall run as an. not uncertain uncertainly so fight I has not beaten the year, but I buffet my body and bring it into subjection.
In these Olympic Games there was a contest for runners, a racetrack for horses drawing handsome, three wheelers and an arena where men wrestle with men. Such an arena Paul has in mind in Romans 5 tribulation worketh steadfastness that is endurance or patience.
Since the Olympic Games were tournaments of honor, no one was permitted to take part without first submitting to a twofold examination. His reputation in society and his physical health must be approved to ascertain the first a crier was sent through the streets calling upon anyone who might have a charge against them to speak up for the honor of Greece.
If a man was found to be in debt or a slave or guilty of some misdeed all this was made public to his shame, and he was barred from the arena. But if he was a Freeman and his record was clear, the crier would lead him through the streets with honor, and so admit him to the arena.
Paul, in the aforementioned chapter, glories in the fact that we, children of God, have not been denied admission to the arena while deaths of impaired, and we have been cleared of all accusations through faith in Jesus Christ Whose blood has made us free men. Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. This same Jesus, who has crier, has gone before us leads us into the arena For Paul says through whom we have had our access by faith into the disgrace that is access to the glorious arena, wherein we stand, we have taken our position and readiness for the fight and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God That is in the prospect of wearing the crown with which the judge of the contest shall crown us.
A man who has thus taken his position in the arena is disappointed if there is no one to do battle with him. He literally rejoices when an opponent appears with whom he may come to grips. Therefore, the apostle goes on to say, and not only so not only have we taken Austin Arena, but we rejoice in our tribulations. That is, we're glad to face an opponent.
We would not be left standing in the center of the arena like fools, vainly waiting for someone to come. For the wrestle was our purpose.
Because we know so, Christ concludes that tribulation works endurance or provenness hope and hope put us us not to shame, but the love of God hath been shed abroad nor hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given unto us When we are attacked, when our opponent takes hold and attempts to throw us, only then does our strength appear in every muscle is strained every each fist attack inspires more determined resistance. We exert ourselves to the utmost, putting forth all our strength to remain standing and thus endurance is born when the first assailant slinks away, having failed to triumph over us, we have confidence to enter a 2nd bout with an even stronger opponent, we have tested our strength by enduring we approved our ability to endure thus endurance, worketh approvedness, and with the new confidence hope waxes stronger. The hope of never being overcome by an assailant, the hope of eventually winning the crown.
Thus the child of God struggling against the forces of evil in and around him discovers within himself a god given strength which enables him to endure all assault triumphantly