Why don't Christians have to mind being meek, quiet, or persecuted?
Because in the end they will be more than conquerors through the One who loved them. Though led like sheep to slaughter, believers are conquerors, and nothing can separate them from eternity with their Creator God. The flesh can do nothing, so they need not mind meekness, quietness, or persecution.
Les explains that the analogy is sheep going quietly down an alley to their death, yet they are conquerors. Believers are led like sheep to the slaughter, but the next verse says they are conquerors. Therefore they do not have to mind being meek, being quiet, or coming under persecution, and they can do it without squealing like a hog, because in the end they are still more than conquerors through the One who loved them. Les stresses this is where it is all at: the flesh cannot do it, and in themselves they are nothing. He also points to Paul being persuaded—totally convinced—and contrasts that with King Agrippa, who said, “Almost Paul, you’ve persuaded me,” though Les doubts he ever believed.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
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Why don't Christians have to mind suffering persecution quietly?
Christians don't need to mind being meek, quiet, or coming under persecution without complaining, because in the end they will be more than conquerors through the One who loved them.