Keller elucidates that Christ's suffering provides a unique perspective on God’s empathy with human pain. He discusses how Jesus's own experiences of abandonment and crucifixion bring believers closer to God during their trials. 'Though he was in the form of God, he did not count equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied himself... becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.' This assures believers that they are understood and accompanied by God in their suffering. | Timothy Keller | Walking with God through Pain and Suffering

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Christ's Suffering as a Model

Keller elucidates that Christ's suffering provides a unique perspective on God’s empathy with human pain. He discusses how Jesus's own experiences of abandonment and crucifixion bring believers closer to God during their trials. 'Though he was in the form of God, he did not count equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied himself... becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.' This assures believers that they are understood and accompanied by God in their suffering.

-- Timothy Keller