"God works against evil and suffering. But God, in immense divine power and inscrutable divine wisdom, also works through evil and suffering. In Romans 5, the apostle Paul made a puzzling comment about "boasting" in his suffering (v.3). What's there to boast about, as if suffering were a fortune he's inherited or a prize he's won? Would not bemoaning suffering be more appropriate? But he had an eye not just for the undisputable evil that suffering presents, but also for the good that God can bring about through suffering, as the death of Jesus Christ whom God has raised from the dead demonstrated. For the God who ressurects, nothing is the end."¹¹Volf, Miroslav. Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005. (30)
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