Overcoming the Religious Spirit ebook - MorningStar Ministries

didn’t He? What loving father would allow
his daughter to be raped if he could prevent
it? Our heavenly Father allowed His Son to
be crucified unjustly because He has a higher
purpose. His goal is ultimately to use His Son,
working through His church, to remove all
rape from the earth for all time.
We must understand that nothing bad
has ever happened to us that the Lord has
not allowed. He does love us, even more
than we love our own children. He has not
let anything happen to us that was not for
our good and for the higher good of His
whole creation. We must stop sulking over
our wounds and understand that they were
allowed so we could receive authority over
the very one who wounded us and be the
vessels of healing for other victims. This is
why the Apostle Paul wrote the following:
Now I rejoice in my sufferings
for your sake, and in my flesh I
do my share on behalf of His body
(which is the church) in filling up
that which is lacking in Christ’s
afflictions (Colossians 1:24).
This Scripture does not imply that the
work of Christ was not complete. The word
translated “lacking” here could have been
translated “left behind.” The implication is
that He allows us to go through sufferings
for the same reasons that He did, with the
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