Power & Pain
• Knowing Jesus involves experiencing both the
• Following Jesus means that we will experience both
• The way we relate to suffering is through the
13And now, brothers and sisters, I want you to know what will happen to the Christians who have died so you will not be full of sorrow like people who have no hope. 14For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus comes, God will bring back with Jesus all the Christians who have died. —1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 (NLT)
• We face suffering by drawing
8We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. 9We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. 10Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies. —2 Corinthians 4:8-10 (NLT)
10All I want is to know Christ and to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings
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• How was Jesus in His
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• Only as we experience His power