What is the source of our suffering?
a. Sometimes Suffering Comes From Living In A
b. Sometimes It Comes From
c. Sometimes It’s Due To The
d. Sometimes the cause of our suffering stares back at us in the
e. Sometimes Our Suffering Comes From The
THE QUESTION is Why?
Why does the Lord cause or allow suffering to hit His servants?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE?
“Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same understanding—because the one who suffers in the flesh is finished with sin— in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God’s will. For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry. They are surprised that you don’t join them in the same flood of wild living—and they slander you. They will give an account to the one who stands ready to judge the living and the dead. For this reason the gospel was also preached to those who are now dead, so that, although they might be judged in the flesh according to human standards, they might live in the spirit according to God’s standards” —1 Peter 4:1-6
Peter said that we must “arm ourselves with understanding” that Christ Himself suffered, so we should expect to suffer in this life as well.
Suffering is inevitable but
God Uses Our Suffering To
HOW THE LORD SANCTIFIES US THROUGH SUFFERING
a. Suffering Can Lead Us To
When we’re left with no other option but to cling to God, we discover that he’s enough, that his grace is sufficient for us, and that he’s actually all we need in order to be truly satisfied.
b. Suffering Can Causes Us To Re-evaluate Our
When we lose what is most dear to us on earth, we value our heavenly Father’s embrace even more
c. Suffering Can
All things can, and will, be used by God to accomplish his good purposes for the everlasting joy and glory of his people.
Everything that is hard and seems wrong in our lives is a divine