Complaining

we must learn to accept challenges without complaint and to face difficulties and uncertainties without fear 48:6.35

man should not bemoan his lowly origin when Creator Sons pass through same experience to be considered worthy and competent to rule over their universe 21:4.6

Man should not blame God for those afflictions which are the natural result of the life which he chooses to live; neither should man complain of those experiences which are a part of life as it is lived on this world. 148:5.3

Prayer has turned many an irritable and complaining invalid into a paragon of patience and made him an inspiration to all other human sufferers. 91:6.2

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Jesus and complaints

• Never, since the marvellous bestowal of Jesus as the Planetary Prince of a world in isolation and rebellion, have any of the Material Sons or Daughters in Nebadon been tempted to complain of their assignments or to find fault with the difficulties of their planetary missions. 119:3.7
• elders of Nazareth complained about Jesus to Joseph and Mary after he draw a picture of the teacher 124:1.4
• Judas did not think Nathaniel took his apostleship sufficiently seriously and once had the temerity to go secretly to Jesus and lodge complaint against him. 139:6.5
• In Jesus' parable the workers in the vineyard complained that they were not paid more than those who had been hired last. 163:3.6
• When thinking men and women look upon Jesus as he offers up his life on the cross, they will hardly again permit themselves to complain at even the severest hardships of life, much less at petty harassments and their many purely fictitious grievances. 188:5.10
• Jesus said: To suffer evil without complaint and without resistance, the purely negative method, is not enough. We have to return good for evil 159:5.13-14

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• No purposeful affliction 148:5.3 — Heb 12:5-11.
• All points tried and tested 119:3.7 — Lk 4:2; Lk 22:28; Heb 2:16-18; Heb 4:15.
• I have come to bring joy 139:6.5 — Jn 15:11. *I have come to bring gladness*: Mk 4:16; Acts 2:46; Acts 14:17; Heb 1:8-9. *I have come to bring abundant life*: Jn 10:10.
• Parable of householder (cont.) 163:3.6 — Mt 20:8-12.
• Spirit gravity 188:5.10 — Jer 31:3; Jn 6:44; Jn 12:32.

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