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  ARE YOU LIVING WITHIN THE VEIL?
  by Andrew Bonar
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Summary: Affliction can be a blessing when it strips us of earthly
comforts and makes us look to Christ, leading to an eternal weight of
glory.

Topics: "Affliction", "Eternal Glory"
Scripture References: Habakkuk 3:17, 2 Corinthians 4:17

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Andrew Bonar emphasizes that present afflictions can strip us of earthly
comforts, leading us to recognize the greater value of Christ over His
gifts. He reflects on how such afflictions, while momentary, can produce
an eternal weight of glory, transforming our perspective on suffering.
Bonar encourages believers to view their trials as blessings that draw
them closer to Christ, who is ultimately better than all earthly
comforts. He cites Paul's view of affliction as light and momentary,
urging us to adopt a similar mindset as we live within the veil of
eternity.

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"When present affliction strips us of all earthly comforts, so that we
can adopt Habbakuk's words; if it makes us look with in the veil and
hear Christ saying, 'Am I not better than all My gifts?' then affliction
is a blessing. How far will the blessing go? It worketh out for us an
eternal weight of glory. Affliction for a moment, then an eternity of
glory to recompense it! Instead of there being just a possibility that
the affliction may do you good, Paul says "It is beyond measure
efficacious. You could not do without it.' To Paul the heaviest
affliction seemed but a feather resting on his soul, because he lived so
much within the veil. If we cannot, like him, say 'Our light
affliction,' let us try to say at any rate, 'It is but for a moment.' "

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/andrew-bonar/are-you-living-within-the-veil/
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