Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter by chapter verse by

verse study through the entire Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck

continues his message, suffer according to the will of God as we pick up in John chapter 20,

verse 21. And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

I cannot abide that teaching that declares that it is God's will, that all of us be

prosperous and healthy and, and, you know, just, if you're not driving a Mercedes, it's because you lack faith.

That it is never God's will for his children to suffer.

God is never glorified by his children's suffering.

That is a denial of Jesus Christ in the cross.

Surely it was God's will that he suffer for our sins. And Peter, writing

his epistle, said, and those who suffer according to the will of God, just commit your

souls unto him as a faithful creator. But he speaks of suffering according to the will of God. Such a thing is indeed possible.

And that doctrine that is being taught is scriptural garbage. As the Father has sent me,

so send I you to give yourself, to serve, not to Lord over people, but to give

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