Not exact matches
Jesus said there will always be
trouble in this
world and the closer we get to the end of time the more
trouble there will be.
The Kingdom of God is not of this
world and as
Jesus said
in this
world you will have
trouble but, fear not for I have overcome the
world.
In John, chapter 16,
Jesus says «
In this
world you will have
trouble.
As to
Jesus of Nazareth, my Opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of Morals and His Religion, as he left them to us, the best the
world ever saw, or is likely to see; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting Changes, and I have, with most of the present Dissenters
in England, some doubt as to his Divinity; tho» it is a question I need not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an Opportunity of knowing the Truth with less
Trouble.
If our
world were nothing but a place of created goodness and profound beauty, a space of flourishing for all, just and life - giving for all
in God's creation, then
Jesus» challenge would be deeply
troubling.
Since most people
in the
world are neither prosperous nor Christian, is belief
in the universal love of
Jesus but a cheap nostrum for the
troubled consciences of prosperous Christians?
In the New Testament,
Jesus was clear about pain when He said, «
In this
world you will have
trouble» (John 16:33).
Eternal life is present now (5:24); judgment is happening now (10:26 - 28); even though the disciples
in John's gospel have
trouble understanding
Jesus (as they did
in Mark), at the very beginning of the gospel
Jesus is described by John the Baptist as «the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the
world» (1:29).
«
In this
world, you will have
trouble»,
Jesus said.
Jesus, as God incarnate, was both the «Bread of Life» sustaining His people
in times of
trouble and trial, and the «Lamb of God» that takes away the sins of the
world.