Sermon
The Joy of Suffering for Christ
Cross Church
Speaker: Chris Deitsch
July 29, 2025 · 41 min
Summary
Peter teaches believers to expect persecution and suffering when living for Christ, and to respond with rejoicing, glorified faith, and trust in God's faithfulness rather than shame or surprise.
Highlights
A faith that is not tested cannot be trusted.
God uses persecution and suffering in our life to show us how deep our devotion to Christ really is, and how much he really loves us.
When I face persecution, I rejoice, not because of the hard I'm going through, but because I get to share in just a little way in what Jesus went through so that I could have a relationship with God again.