Today on Summit Life, JD Greer talks about the source of true joy.

Simultaneously, grievous pain and intense joy come from knowing him.

Can you believe in a God that's doing that right now in your life?

That in the pain and in the disappointment that you're going through,

that he's purifying you for himself,

and do you sense the glory of that God

and feel the weight of his love so much

that it feels you now even in the midst of the deepest and darkest pain?

Welcome to another week of solid biblical teaching here on Summit Life with JD Greer,

pastor of the Summit Church in Raleigh, Durham, North Carolina.

As always, I'm your host, Molly Vittavitch.

Last week we began a teaching series called I Am an Alien,

and we are talking about what it really means to follow Jesus in a world that rejects Him.

Today, Pastor JD is concluding a message about the biblical response

to persecution and suffering, and we'll see that trusting God doesn't mean

you just smile through the pain and put on a happy face.

Instead, the Bible teaches us how to respond out of the deep rooted foundation

in the gospel when life gets hard.

We're in 1 Peter 1, so let's jump into the conclusion of this teaching called

I Don't Belong Here. Here's Pastor JD.

When Jesus went to the cross, you know,

and the Father reveals to Him that He's going to have to die on the cross,

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