Lessons from the School of Suffering (I Peter 4:12-19)
Pastor Gary Gulbranson
Reflections from September 11, 2001… God has a purpose for His people in suffering.
This purpose is expressed in the following four truths:
I. Suffering is to be EXPECTED in the believer’s _________________. (VS.12)
Job 5:6-7….”For affiliation does not come from the dust, neither does trouble sprout from the ground. For man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.”
II. Suffering is ______________________________ to the believer’s ___________________________. (VS. 13-16)
III. Suffering offers an ________________________________ of the believer’s ____________________. (VS. 17-18)
IV. Suffering provides ___________________________ of the believer’s
________________________________. (VS. 19)
Conclusion: “Did the fact ever cross your mind that you are here in this world just to understand the Lord Jesus Christ, and for no other reason?” – George MacDonald