Suffering in the Flesh

Forasmuch, then, as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin. I Peter 4:1 Have you, dear brother and sister in Christ, suffered in the flesh? Then you have ceased from sin! Not, you understand, if you merely are acquainted with that general suffering that is the lot of all mankind be­cause of the withering breath of a holy and righteous God passing over a sinful world. There is nothing special in...