The Many Ways Jesus Suffered During His Human Life

Jesus Christ suffered and sacrificed in countless ways, including how He anticipated His time of suffering since before the creation.  Finally the time arrived when He bade farewell to His Father and all the angels and gave up the glory and power He had had for eternity.  Then He suffered all the usual indignities and trials of human life for 33 ½ years, with His life ending in brutal torture and excruciating pain.  And He endured all of that for each one of us—to make possible our eternal salvation!

Don Hooser is a minister for the United Church of God. He lives in McKinney, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.  He and his wife Elsie had three children, and she died in August 2020.  Don married Judy in January 2022.  Mr. Hooser graduated in 1963 from Southern Methodist University with a degree in mechanical engineering, and graduated in 1966 from Ambassador College, Big Sandy, Texas.  For most of the time since then, he served as the pastor of churches in Ohio, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington. From 2011 until his retirement in 2021, his primary responsibility was answering the many letters written to the Church.