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 "question": "Why do Christians have to suffer?",
 "answer": "It is the only way God's glory will be seen through us. If we are going to blow the trumpet, God is going to break the vessel. The battle that we face cannot be fought and won by our power or our strength. It has to be fought in weakness. That is how God displays His power—through the weakness of the missionaries, of the pastors, of the believers on the job every day who keep blowing the trumpet. Every time we blow the trumpet, the vessel is broken, and God routs the enemy.",
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 "lesson": "4-5",
 "lesson_title": "Empowering—The Spirit",
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  "what is the purpose of suffering for christians",
  "how does god's power manifest through human weakness",
  "why must christians face battles that they cannot win on their own"
 ],
 "topic_anchor": null,
 "derivation": "extracted-rhetorical",
 "source_authority": "authoritative",
 "author": "Gene Cunningham",
 "book": "The Basics",
 "source": {
  "doc_id": "btbm-01-TheBasics-8-10-24",
  "book_page": [
   219,
   219
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  "ref": "The Basics, Lesson 4-5 — Empowering—The Spirit (p.219)",
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  "para_id": "the-basics-p0231-003",
  "printed_question": "Why do Christians have to suffer?"
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  "Small things",
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