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<div> <I><B>Romans 8:18-25</B></I></div> <bR> <div> Job 1:5-8, 20-22 </div> <div> <B>What will hold your life together?</B>  </div> <bR> <div> <B>Your hope of __________ to come 8:18</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> 2 Corinthians 4:15-18 </div> <div> Hebrews 11:24-26, 35  </div> <div> Hebrews 12:2-3  Jesus is our pattern  1 Pet. 2:21-23</div> <div> 1 Peter 1:6-7 </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Your hope of _______ ____________ in time 8:19</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Your hope of _____________ from bondage 8:20-21</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Genesis 3:17-18 </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Your hope of God's ultimate _____________ 8:22-23</B></div> <bR> <div> 2 Corinthians 5:1-5 </div> <bR> <div> <B>Your hope in God's invisible ___________ 8:24-25</B></div> <bR> <div> Romans 5:3-5</div> <bR> <div> 1 Peter 5:10 </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>God's solution to suffering is the </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>rebar promises of hope in  total reliance upon Him!</B></I></div> <bR> <div> glory, eager anticipation, deliverance, redemption, hope</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Biblical Teaching on Suffering</B></div> <bR> <div>      All suffering in time is designed for your blessing.  It rarely seems like it while in the suffering, but God promises in His Word that He will work all things together for good - and that means your blessing.  Suffering, whether deserved or undeserved, does not seem to be joyful at the time, but the comfort of the Holy Spirit guides our eyes and focus to heaven where there will be no more tears or sorrow.</div> <div>      </div> <div> <B>Jesus said there would troubles on earth John 16:33.</B>  The focus of the believer ought not to be on avoiding suffering, but relying upon His power through suffering so that God is exalted in the believer's life for the sustaining power through suffering. </div> <div> Jesus is the one who strengthens us through any challenge Phil. 4:13</div> <div> He is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we can imagine Eph. 3:20-21</div> <div> He could have avoided suffering Himself, but He endured it for our sake Heb. 12:2 and therefore He is our model of enduring through suffering for the sake of the Lord and others Heb. 12:3</div> <div> As we suffer, God wants us to find His consolation in Christ. </div> <bR> <div> <B>The sufferings in time are not to be compared to the glories to come in heaven Rom. 8:18.</B></div> <div> God calls our afflictions light compared to what the unbeliever will face 2 Cor. 4:15-18</div> <div> The sufferings of those who reject God will be eternal 2 Thess. 2:7-9</div> <div> Heroes of faith chose to suffer than enjoy the pleasures of this life Heb. 11:25-27</div> <div> Heroines chose suffering for a better resurrection Heb. 11:35</div> <div> The testing and suffering of this time is designed for greater glory in the resurrection 1 Pet. 1:6-7</div> <div> God's purpose is for greater glory in eternity 2 Thes. 2:14</div> <div> There will be glory revealed with Christ in eternity 1 Pet. 4:13</div> <div> Church leadership will share in sufferings for the sake of glory 1 Pet. 5:1</div> <bR> <div> <B>Jesus wants us to take persecutions as a blessing Matt. 5:11-12</B></div> <div> We have to choose to be moved by the privilege to serve, not sufferings in time Acts 20:24</div> <div> The apostles rejoiced that they were counted worthy to suffer Acts 5:41</div> <div> While Paul was unjustly suffering in jail, he sang praises to God Acts 16:25</div> <div> We are to make a big deal of God's fruit from troubles Rom. 5:3-5</div> <div> Mature believers will actually rejoice in the privilege of suffering for others Col. 1:24</div> <div> Enduring through suffering for Christ means we will be rewarded in eternity 2 Tim. 2:12</div> <div> We reflect on the prophets who suffered as blessed Jam. 5:10-11</div> <bR> <div> <B>Jesus wants us strengthened through suffering, because His grace is sufficient</B></div> <div> We are to glory in our weaknesses and persecutions 2 Cor. 12:9-10</div> <div> We are to consider it all joy in the midst of troubles, because of the fruit of maturity Jam. 1:2-4</div> <div> God's purpose is that we be strengthened through suffering 1 Pet. 5:10</div> <div> God will get you through every time of suffering 1 Cor. 10:13</div> <bR> <div> <B>Jesus suffered, therefore we will suffer John 15:18-25</B></div> <div> The mature believer will accept suffering as a part of being like Christ Phil. 3:10</div> <div> Jesus learned obedience through suffering Heb. 5:7-9</div> <div> Every son whom the Lord loves He chastens to bring to maturity Heb. 12:5-6</div> <div> The end result is that believers become like Christ Rom. 8:29 and experience the peaceful fruit of righteousness Heb. 12:11</div> <bR> <div> We have a choice when we suffer.  We can either run and avoid it or we can endure it in His power and His purpose.  If we run or avoid the suffering, we will grow weaker, because God's suffering is designed to make us stronger.  If we endure the suffering, then we'll grow stronger, because of our dependency on God.  It's not the way man thinks or acts.  That's why man always gets weaker rather than stronger.  Peter says it so well, “<I>But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.” 1 Peter 5:10</I></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id213.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Romans 8:2627"><U><B>Next Page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grace Evangelical Church"><U><B><IMG SRC="0c740400.gif" border=0 width="64" height="64" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grace Evangelical Church"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>