Only a morbid fanatic can take pleasure in the sufferings he inflicts upon himself; only an insensitive fool can take pleasure in the sufferings that are the consequences of his folly; and only a convinced Christian can take pleasure in sufferings endured “for Christ’s sake,” for he alone has been initiated into the divine secret, that it is only when he is “weak,” having thrown himself unreservedly in penitence and humility upon the never-failing mercies of God, that he is “strong,” with a strength not his own, but belonging to the Lord of all power and might.

R.V.G. Tasker (1895–1976), Professor für neutestamentliche Exegese und Herausgeber/Autor

Related Bible passage: 2CO.12.10

Topics: Illness & Weakness, Suffering & the Question of God

Occasions: For Reflection

R.V.G. Tasker

Randolph Vincent Greenwood Tasker (1895–1976) war ein britischer anglikanischer Theologe und Professor für neutestamentliche Exegese am King’s College London. Er stand nach einer Hinwendung zum konservativen Evangelikalismus für eine Schriftauslegung mit akademischem Anspruch und prägte als Herausgeber und Autor die Kommentarreihe der Tyndale New Testament Commentaries. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er als Ausleger, der theologische Grundthemen wie das Verhältnis von Altem und Neuem Testament sowie die Souveränität Gottes prägnant zusammenfasst.

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