Lesson 6: Purpose of suffering – faith in Him (part 3)
Lesson 6: Purpose of suffering – faith in Him (part 3)Romans 8:26-39 (ESV)32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?33 Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect?…
Lesson 7: Purpose of suffering – God manifested in us
Lesson 7: Purpose of suffering – God manifested in us2 Corinthians 4:11-18 (ESV)11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.12 So death is at work in…
Lesson 8: Purpose of suffering – our purification
Lesson 8: Purpose of suffering – our purificationPhilippians 3:8-11 (ESV)8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubb…
Lesson 9: Purpose of suffering – our maturity in Christ
Lesson 9: Purpose of suffering – our maturity in ChristJames 1:2-4 (ESV)2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.4 And let steadfastness have its full…
Lesson 10: Purpose for suffering – a warning to unbelievers
Lesson 10: Purpose for suffering – a warning to unbelievers2 Thessalonians 1:3-8 (ESV)3 We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another…
Lesson 11: Response to suffering - rejoicing
Lesson 11: Response to suffering - rejoicingPhilippians 2:27-30 (ESV)27 Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.28 I am the more eager to send him, therefo…
Lesson 12: Response to suffering - understanding
Lesson 12: Response to suffering - understandingColossians 1:24-26 (ESV)24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,25 of whic…
Lesson 13: Response to suffering – faithfulness to Him
Lesson 13: Response to suffering – faithfulness to Him2 Timothy 2:11-13 (ESV)11 The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him;12 if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;1…
Lesson 14: Response to suffering – patience
Lesson 14: Response to suffering – patienceJames 5:7-10 (ESV)7 Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the…