Suffering is something we all go through. It’s never easy, and there’s no class that teaches you how to get through it well.
Suffering is complicated, too. Did you know the Bible lists at least 14 different kinds? So check out my video to learn what they are – and how you can respond if they happen to you.
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Jesus died for our sins, thereby enabling us to experience new life. Jesus lived as our example showing us what it means to live a truly holy human life. Throughout Jesus’ life he repeatedly stated that the purpose of his life on earth was to glorify God the Father, or to make the Father’s character … Read more
This week’s question has to do with suffering, healing, and sin. Is it God’s will to physically heal all people? Is all sickness or disease from the devil?
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When we suffer, we have two choices for how we can react – either by sinning or serving. This sermon from 1 Peter 4 shows how the best way to react to hardship is by using your suffering for good by serving.
In 1 Peter 4, Peter gives admonition that Christians will likely suffer for their faith but the Good News of the Gospel promises that an end to the suffering will come when Jesus makes His final return.
1 Peter 3:8-12 – Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. For “Whoever desires to love life … Read more
1 Peter 3:13-17 – Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a … Read more
1 Peter 3:18-22 – For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in … Read more
1 Peter 3:20 – God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. 2 Peter 2:5 – [God] did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought … Read more
1 Peter 3:20 – God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. 2 Peter 2:5 – [God] did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought … Read more
In this final message of the series from 1 Peter 5, Pastor Mark shares the importance of selecting your shepherd and finding your flock (choosing a pastor and church family), looking out for the lion (resisting the devil) and gives the ultimate reminder that the chief Shepherd is for Christians and coming back for us.
1 Peter 4:1-6 – Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. For the time that … Read more