Paul and Silas Suffered for the Gospel they Proclaimed to the Unsaved!

Jesus said that in the cosmos we would suffer tribulation.  It is important to note that he said these poignant words in the Upper Room to his disciples.  He wanted them to know the cost of discipleship.  Jesus proclaimed no cheap Grace.  Jesus is the Grace of God Incarnate.  There is nothing cheap about Jesus. Jesus has been attacked by so-called scholars and self-proclaimed intellectuals but he has weathered the temporal storms of their poisonous words.  Certainly more prideful minds will arise who believe to their destruction that they have found the golden thread that will unravel the eternal garment of Jesus but they will fail too.  Paul knew Jesus as his Lord and Savior.  He gave himself fully and completety to Jesus and Jesus revealed himself to Paul as the Mystery of Godliness!