Suffering
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…
Lesson 15: Response to suffering – anticipation
Lesson 15: Response to suffering – anticipation1 Peter 4:12-14 (ESV)12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s…
Lesson 16: Response to suffering – submission to God
Lesson 16: Response to suffering – submission to God1 Peter 5:6-11 (ESV)6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.8 Be sober…
Lesson 17: Result of suffering – God’s character in us
Lesson 17: Result of suffering – God’s character in usRomans 5:3-5 (ESV)3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,5 and hope does not…
Lesson 18 – Result of suffering – identification
Lesson 18 – Result of suffering – identificationHebrews 13:11-15 (ESV)11 For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.12 So Jesus also suffered outs…