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They were exposed to persecution, death, hardship. We are exposed to the same things including ridicule and abuse.. It assures that Christ has us firmly in His grasp and His care and He will protect us ultimately from harm although we will suffer, He will guard . See psalm 91. Ultimately we will conquer because we are held in his bosom and are united with Jesus who will keep us safe in His protection

The significance is that God will always be with us every step of the way. He will never abandon or leave us. He will carry us and that nothing can ultimately defeat us if we abide in Him. Our enemies are satan, the world, our flesh, anything or anyone that does not share our faith or beliefs who battle and sin against God. The evidence is that whereas we were sinners God sent His son to die on the cross for our sins. It gives me hope, joy. praise and humility that God loved me so much that Jesus had to die for me. It engenders and increases hope. It allows me to act with assurance that God will take care of me .To graciously give us all things is to give the protection support love and essence of Christ Himself

It means that we are made like Jesus which is awesome when you really think about it. We have to put on Jesus and show His love to others. He supports it because if we are faithful then we will spend eternity in glory with Jesus and share in His resurrection. We come into His family as His sons and heirs. We are adopted, Hallelujah

That all things which happen in our life whether they be good or bad will work together for our own and for His glory. It means that anything that happens to us is in alignment with His will because He knows best. It gives me hope because He is my Heavenly Father, He loves me and wants the best for me. The 2 qualifications are we love Him and we are called according to His purpose

We will expect to be like Jesus in His glory and to share with Him. The creation will experience peace and justice and freedom from danger and snare. We will be made more like Jesus. Our spirits will experiencs such joy and praise and worship to God

The person who has lost hope is sad, depressed, drifting with out assurance, defeated, their fight has left them.. He spends his life in gloom not knowing joy of God. He differs because he has lost interest and the ability to rise above his depression. The Christian hope is we have Christ and assurance and peace and joy that when we leave this life we will be with Jesus forever. We might be suffering now and sharing with Jesus in that way but we know we will share in His resurrection if we are faithful

The Holy Spirit comes to our side to help us fight against sin. Jesus was teaching of the 3rd member of the Trinity. Jesus went out helping whereas the Spirit does the same. Maybe it is because there might not be as much teaching and maybe He is invisible and we concentrate on God and Jesus.

Jesus suffered because He was not accepted, He was misunderstood, rejected, ridiculed, mocked and people tried to trap Him and His disciples ran away. In the beginning God made everything good but Adam and Eve listened to the serpent who is out to destroy and they fell which brought the whole curse on mankind and the world. When Jesus comes and we are resurrected. We look forward to unbroken communion with Him if we abide in Him

5.We have been adopted and we are heirs. We shall be set free

The Holy Spirit witnesses to us that we belong to God, He is our Father, our Dad. We were created by Him as His children so we can accept that and relate to Him as our Father. If we dont have personal assurance we are somewhat adrift and we try to do things on our own. By walking with Him constantly hand in hand

It means we have to crucify the things that we do that are not of God. We literally have to kill them out of existence by His help or they will destroy us.. I struggle with internet ****. For me that would put blockers and filters on sinful sites, to ask for accountability partners, to join Godly sites and to immerse one in the things of God, to soak oneself in Him. It is a partnership of the Holy Spirit and us. Putting to death, its desire must come from the Spirit because we are at war and the Spirit is our Helper. We have to surrender to Him and let Him lead us

We dont have to sin if we have the Spirit in us. We are not compelled to sin because we have Christ and His power. Jesus was perfect. We are not. We will sin many times because of our imperfection. But we can always ask for forgiveness and repent and we will be forgiven. If we remain vigilant with our minds and our eyes on Jesus we will have victory. For those who have addictive behaviour we have to crucify the fleshly desires of our ****. We have the victory through Christ

When we receive Christ we receive the Holy Spirit so He has to reside in us. I dont think there is any difference. By abiding in Christ, reading the Bible and praying

It means you have to focus on God and His Spirit by listening to Him and by immersing yourself in the Bible and praying. You have to be washed in His blood and be vigilant. Psalm 91. You recognise it when your desire for the things of God lesson, when you want selfish pleasure that will take you away from Him, when you lose interest in godly things. It becomes deliberate when you start wandering way into the world away from God. This is a civil war. The flesh wars against the Spirit. It becomes habit the longer you wander away. But habits can be broken and reformed into Godly ones but it takes self discipline and selfcontrol and the help and the strength of God. The Holy Spirit will give us the power to do this if we abide in Christ. our own willpower is weak, we need Christ

Because only Jesus can save us and the law condemns us. Our weak link is the flesh that is constantly warring against Gods spirit. It is like a civil war, Jekyll and Hyde. By putting our faith and trust in Jesus and relying on Him and His spirits strength to save us