God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous” [Psalms 34:15-22] Can suffering be light? If you answer "Yes" to this question, how is this possible? As I was reading what Pastor Nam-joon Kim said, I got some answers on how suffering can be light. This is what Pastor Kim said: ‘The depth of sin in the world becomes clearer in the sufferings of the righteous. ... The suffering of the righteous is a sense of atonement for the sins of the world. There is sure punishment for evil is human feeling, intuition and belief. But the world is tainted with evil. Then isn’t this world supposed to be perished? The fact that the world is evil and is not being perished means someone is paying the price for sin. That is the meaning of the sufferings of the righteous. The suffering of the righteous is to bear the sins of the world and pay the p...