Salvation is a free gift - but it costs everything. (pg. 117)
The real question is not whether we will suffer but how we will react to adversity when it comes. (pg. 125)
Colson begins this chapter by expounding that salvation is by faith alone, and requires nothing from us. However, Colson describes how faith will change the person, causing them to be more Christlike and prepared to do good, denouncing the prosperity gospel. He uses the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer to illustrate the suffering that faith will bring, and makes it clear that every Christian will suffer, because Christ suffered. However, while many who believe in a prosperity gospel may abandon the faith at the first sign of suffering, Colson says that it is a privilege to share in Christ's suffering, and Christians should rejoice in it.
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