Magnifying Christ By Making Known Our Forbearance
MAGNIFYING CHRIST
BY MAKING KNOWN
OUR FORBEARANCE
Paul realized that forbearance is an all- inclusive virtue. This is the reason he says, "Let your forbearance be known to all men." This forbearance is actually Christ Himself. In Phi lippians 1:21 Paul says, "To me to live is Christ." Since Christ is forbearance, for Paul to live was forbearance. Paul's earnest expectation was that Christ would be magnified in him, whether through life or through death. For Paul to mag nify Christ was for him to make known his for bearance. Thus, for Christ to be magnified in us is equal to making our forbearance known to all men. The reason for this is that forbearance is Christ experienced by us in a practical way. We may speak of living Christ and testify that for us to live is Christ. However, day by day in our life at home what we need is forbearance. If we have forbearance, then in our experience we truly have Christ. If a brother's wife offends him, what he needs to make known to her is Christ as his forbearance.
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