If Jesus Christ was perfectly in the will of God,

perfectly gifted for ministry by God,

perfectly loved by God, perfectly righteous,

if His faith in God was absolutely perfect,

and He still suffered unjustly

than what makes us think we who are so imperfect

will escape it.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

One pastor of a church in China

tells of being thrown in prison

and physically abused so many times that he lost count.

Yet according to an official Chinese report,

despite his being arrested and educated many times,

this pastor's heart has not died

and his nature has not changed.

Now that's victory in the midst of persecution.

It's a kind of victory that Christ modeled perfectly

and you can have as well.

Knowing how to glorify God in suffering,

that's our focus here on Grace to You

as John continues his study called

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