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The purpose of pain in Christian life: forgiveness and salvation
The text presents a theological explanation of pain's purpose in Christian life. It identifies a single, unique purpose: the forgiveness of sins here on earth through every kind of illness, distress, and affliction, together with the purification and salvation of the soul. The text draws a sharp distinction between two responses to pain.
For those who do not wish to be corrected and do not repent, pain functions as a pledge of eternal torments. For those who receive pain with patience and gratitude toward God while living in repentance, pain acts as the best road toward correction and forgiveness of their sins, because through it they are redeemed from the eternal afflictions of hell.
Main points
- Pain's purpose for Christians is forgiveness of sins and the soul's salvation
- Illnesses, distresses, and afflictions are the means
- For the unrepentant, pain is a pledge of eternal torment
- For the patient and grateful, pain leads to correction and forgiveness
- Acceptance with repentance redeems from hell's eternal afflictions
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