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Christian Need Patience For Ministry and To Set The Example
2 Corinthians 6:4. Christians need patience to minister to people. Patience is needed both to make sure we do not offend anyone when ministering and to assure that we set a good Christian example. Ministry today can be a test of endurance just as it was in the days of the Apostle Paul.
Christian Patience Enables Unity and Peace
Ephesians 4:2. All Christians need patience to be able to do the Lord's will. God has called all Christians to minister the Gospel and this must be done in unity and peace. No matter how much you desire a family member or acquaintance to receive the Good News of Jesus Christ, it cannot be done by force. It can not be done in strife. We must have patience with people and minister to them in peace and unity. Christianity is a vocation that God has called us to minister the Gospel. The Bible tells Christians that they must “...
Show Christian Patience To Others As Christ Has Shown Patience To Us
Colossians 3:12. Jesus showed us how to have Christian patience while He was on this Earth. Instead of us getting impatience with others, Jesus teaches us to forgive others just as He has forgiven us.
Learning Patience by Following God's Example
Psalms 85:16. God provides us the best example when learning patience and long-suffering. He is a truly a God of patience. The Bible shows us ample examples of where God has shown His patience with His creation, mankind. In the Old Testament, the Israelites time and time again disobeyed God to worship other idols and to do what they thought best. The Israelites were a chosen people to fulfill their Creator's purpose, but instead they continuously rebelled against God. God was more than justified to have disowned the Israelites, but He loved them.
Learning Patience by Quelling Your Pride
Ecclesiastes 7:8. Part of learning patience is to quell our pride. If we have pride in our spirit, we put ourselves first above all people to include God. Pride does not want to wait; it wants instant gratification. Pride has no purpose except self-gratification. Pride is at odds with God's purpose in our lives. Patience comes with us having hope in something greater than ourselves. God desires for us to put our hope in Him.
Learning Patience Requires Righteousness, Faith, and Meekness
1 Timothy 6:11. Patience is not learned in a vacuum. People seek to learn patience because they are trying to change the way they live. They are aspiring to have their actions line up with their purpose. They are trying to flee or change the way they live. From a Christian perspective, patience is a virtue that only comes with acquiring other virtues such as righteousness, godliness, faith, love, and meekness (1 Timothy 6:11-12, “But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Learning Patience Starts With Having Hope
Romans 15:4. Having hope is a key component in learning patience in our day-to-day lives. The Bible teaches us how to learn patience through having hope in God. Bible characters such as Abraham and David demonstrated both great hope and patience in their lives. Both of them had great faith and hope that God would provide for them and look after them. Because both of them believed the promises of God, they could be patience and endure hardships and many challenges that most men could not face. God desires all us to place our hope in Him. Part of keeping that hope is to have patience.
The Bible Says That Patience is Needed To Be Saved
Luke 21:19. The Bible has a lot to say about patience. Patience is a lot more than just a nice-to-have virtue. It is essential to your salvation. Once you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, patience (long-suffering) becomes one of the fruits (fruit of the Spirit – Galatians 5:22) of your salvation and a necessary virtue to obtain the ultimate prize, eternal life. Yes, salvation is a free gift offered to everyone. All we need to do is accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Accepting Jesus as our Savior takes no patience from us.
The Bible Says That Patience is a Characteristic of God
2 Peter 3:9. The Bible says that God is a patient God. Many of us have heard the expression that “I am waiting on God”, but it is really the other way round. God is waiting on us to come around to His kind of thinking. God loves us and has made many promises to mankind. He desires to bless us. He does not forget His promises as a man might forget. He can fulfill all of His promises where a person may have good intentions, but is unable to fulfill their promises. God loves us and He has created mankind for His purposes.
The Bible Says That Hope is Needed To Be Patience
Romans 8:25. The Bible says that both hope and patience are needed to have either one be of any use to anyone. If you have no hope, you will not have any patience. This is self-evident in that if you have no hope or purpose, why wait? Why suffer? Just give up.
On the other hand, the Bible is based on hope. Patience is needed so that hope can be fulfilled in our lives. The hope described in the Bible is our faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. If we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we will be saved and have eternal life. This is Christian hope.
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