Davar Kingdom Of God

Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory (Rom 8:17). Besides to receive blessings from God, there is something mandatory in the life of a person who desires to be an heir of God. That is, to share in the sufferings of Christ. To these sufferings, those that Jesus has redeemed us from—sickness, poverty, and other kinds of curses that resulted from sin—do not belong. Jesus bore our sickness, became poor, and was cursed on the tree, so that we are now healthy, rich and free from all curses. If Jesus suffered to redeem us from such sufferings, why do we still need to share in the same sufferings with him? So, we need to know what the Bible means by “we share in his sufferings,” and what kind of sufferings we need to share with him. To this question, the parables of Luke 16 (the parable of the shrewd manager, and that of a rich man and Lazarus) give an answer. It is important to know th