“Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you, as if something unusual were happening to you. Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may also rejoice with great joy when his glory is revealed. If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. Let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler. But if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed but let him glorify God in having that name. For the time has come for judgment to begin with God’s household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
And if a righteous person is saved with difficulty, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?
So then, let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust themselves to a faithful Creator while doing what is good.” —1 Peter 4:12-19

1. Suffering Well Involves

“Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you, as if something unusual were happening to you” —1 Peter 4:12

You may read this words lack empathy, but Peter is simply reenforcing the teaching of Christ

“Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world

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you” —John 3:13

“All who want to live a

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life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” —2 Timothy 3:12

One of the ways God uses the inevitable suffering that comes our way is to test the

and even the genuineness of our

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1. Suffering Well __Includes __Encouragement**

“Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may also rejoice with great joy when his glory is revealed. If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.” —1 Peter 4:13-14

3. Suffering Well Insist Upon

“Let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler. But if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed but let him glorify God in having that name” —1 Peter 4:15-16

4. Suffering Well

Entrusting

“For the time has come for judgment to begin with God’s household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
And if a righteous person is saved with difficulty, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?
So then, let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust themselves to a faithful Creator while doing what is good” —1 Peter 4:17-19

You can either

now and savor later or

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now and suffer later.