Suffering: Gospel Hope When Life Doesn't Make Sense

by Paul David Tripp

Jesus was born into the toughest of conditions; he was misunderstood, mistreated, and rejected throughout his life. His closest friends forsook him when the going got tough. He was betrayed by those he should have been able to trust. He was regularly hungry and knew what it was like to be homeless. He felt the sting of the worst kind of injustice. He endured torturous physical suffering. From birth his life was never easy, and his death was marked by public shame. No one rose to his defense. He not only suffered; he suffered alone. Even his Father turned his back on him in his deepest moment of agony. He did not use his power to make his life easy or to escape injustice and torture. He came to earth knowing what he would face, and he faced it all for us.