Pleasure and Pain

#1 · March 9, 2018, 10:48 am

Posted by: al <al@...>

Pleasure and Pain

Hebrews 11:25 says that Moses chose “to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.”

Every pleasure in life involves a measure of pain. Someone has noted that in every life some rain must fall. Nobody experiences any pleasure without enduring some pain. Someone has to suffer before anybody can enjoy a certain pleasure. The freedoms we enjoy in America today came from others who paid an awful price. The joys of motherhood come after the pangs of child-birth.
In temporal pleasure, pain comes after the pleasure.

Get drunk—Have a good time—suffer later
Take drugs—get high—suffer later.
Engage in pre-marital sex—get pregnant—suffer later.
Have an adulterous affair—enjoy a fling—ruin marriage—pain comes later.

In eternal pleasure, pain comes before the pleasure.

Christ suffers— endures the cross— Joy of salvation.
Work hard— Do your best— Crown of rejoicing at the Judgment Seat of Christ.
Fast, pray, and weep then comes the joy — “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning” (Ps. 30:5).

Pain is a matter of life. Take your pick—Suffer first then enjoy pleasure. Or, enjoy some pleasure now and later suffer the pain.

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