When following Christ we are as Christians we are called to count the cost! Knowing that suffering and trials are part of the Christian walk does not make those trials any easier. I found it interesting that Jonathan Edwards started his treatsie Religious Affections by focusing on trials and how they truly produce religious affections.
"the divine excellency of real Christianity is never exhibited with such advantage as when under the greatest trial"
He reminds us that it is by trials that our faith is truly purified and increased! If these things are not happening in out lives then we are not developing religious affections for God as a result of our trials.
Teltiha, what do you think (in laymans terms) is a good definition for affections. An abridged version I looked at called affections "deep emotions of the heart" is that adequate or is it missing something?
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