Perseverance in Suffering
Aim: Suffering draws us to a closer relationship with God
- Biblical Perspective of Suffering
Principle 1: God’s people approach suffering with an eternal perspective
- God’s Purpose in Suffering
Principle 2: Suffering brings about God’s eternal purposes
Learning:
2 Corinthians 12:7 …… in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
Toughen us … spiritual strenght …. Build patience and self control
God discipline out of Love
God whispers in our pleasures … SHOUTS in our pain
Harvest of righteousness after the suffering
Suffering is a given for Christians … focus is on how we respond to it … is our response and actions …. Drawns from our own strength … of do I look heavenward??
- God’s Presence in Suffering
Principle 3: God draws His people to Him through suffering
Learning:
Be contented in Suffering ….. intimacy with God => Hebrews 13:5 … Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
Suffering refines and purify us => Malachi 3:3 …. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify …….. and refine them like gold and silver.
When Suffering => Dependance on God; not by my own strength; comfort and refuge is God
Suffering for believers is Temporal … Hope & Victory won => Rev 21:4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
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