TEMPORAL SUFFERINGS AND THE EVERLASTING JOY
John 16:16-22
CHRIST IS THE SOURCE OF JOY.
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Published October 3rd, 2020; Updated October 8th, 2020
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Following Christ is never been easy we can experience hardship, persecutions, pains and tribulations in this world but our Lord Jesus Christ promise us that he will come again to see us, our hearts will rejoice and our pain will turn into JOY THAT NO ONE CANTAKE AWAY. Amen
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John 16:16-22
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a “A little while, and you will see me no longer;
Jesus said to his disciples, " In a little while you will no longer see me,
and b again a little while, and you will see me.”
then in a little while you will see me again."
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So c some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us,
at that moment, some of his disciples asked each other, what does he mean by telling us?
d ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’;
In a little while you will no longer see me then in a little while you will see me again;
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and, e ‘because I am going to the Father’?”
and for the reason that i am going to the Father?
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So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’?
They keep saying, What is this "in a little while"that he keeps saying?
f We do not know what he is talking about.”
We don't know what he means,"
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g Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them,
Jesus knew, what is in thier heart, so he asked them,
“Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying,
Are you discussing among yourselves what i meant when i said?
‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’?
In a little while you will no longer see me then in a little while you will wee me again?
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Truly, truly, I say to you,
Truly, truly I say t you,
h you will weep and lament,
you'll cry and mourn
but i the world will rejoice.
but the world will rejoice.
You will be sorrowful,
you'll be in deep sorrow,
but j your sorrow will turn into joy.
but your pain will turn into joy.
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k When a woman is giving birth,
When a woman is in labor,
she has sorrow because her hour has come,
she has pain, because her time has come.
but when she has delivered the baby,
and when she has given birth to a child,
she no longer remembers the anguish,
she doesn't remember the agony anymore,
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for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world.
l So also you have sorrow now,
Eventhough you are having pain now,
but m I will see you again,
But i will see you again,
and n your hearts will rejoice,
and your hearts will rejoice,
and no one will take your joy from you.
and no one will take away yoyr joy from yoy.
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