Suffering for the Glory of God John 9:1–7. THE QUESTION OF SUFFERING.
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Suffering for the Glory of GodJohn 9:1–7
THE QUESTION OF SUFFERING
Sin is connected to suffering
Sin can lead to suffering
Sin is not the cause of all suffering.
AND HE ANSWERED THEM, “DO YOU THINK THAT THESE GALILEANS WERE WORSE SINNERS THAN ALL THE OTHER GALILEANS, BECAUSE THEY SUFFERED
IN THIS WAY? NO, I TELL YOU; BUT UNLESS YOU REPENT, YOU WILL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH. OR THOSE EIGHTEEN ON WHOM THE TOWER IN SILOAM FELL
AND KILLED THEM: DO YOU THINK THAT THEY WERE WORSE OFFENDERS THAN ALL THE OTHERS WHO
LIVED IN JERUSALEM? NO, I TELL YOU; BUT UNLESS YOU REPENT, YOU WILL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH.”
LUKE 13:2–5
THE PURPOSE OF SUFFERING
“Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or dear, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?” - Exodus 4:11
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. - Romans 8:28
THE ANSWER TO SUFFERING
JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO OUR SUFFERING
HE WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES, AND DEATH SHALL BE NO MORE, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE
MOURNING, NOR CRYING, NOR PAIN ANYMORE, FOR FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY.
REVELATION 21:4
AND NOT ONLY CREATION, BUT WE OURSELVES, WHO HAVE
THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THE SPIRIT, GROAN INWARDLY AS
WE WAIT EAGERLY FOR ADOPTION AS SONS, THE
REDEMPTION OF OUR BODIES.
ROMANS 8:23
“I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE MINUTE, FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WHERE I DESIRED TO LIVE ONE MINUTE
LONGER, FOR THE SAKE OF ANY OTHER GOOD, EXCEPT LIVING TO GOD AND DOING WHAT MIGHT BE
FOR HIS GLORY.”
JERUSHA EDWARDS
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