Sermons About Suffering
Called to Be
Our text begins with a “finally” that is Peter’s way of saying that it is time to sum things up. Peter wrote this letter to prepare believers for the “fiery trials” of persecution (I Peter 4:12) but his approach is both optimistic and positive. While his last segment laid down the principles of submission, he now opens the subject of “suffering when we do good” (v. 17) and how we, as believers, are to respond to it. In the atmosphere of a loving fellowship with believers and in the world outside we are to respond to injustice and suffering as Jesus Christ did.
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Hope in the Midst of Suffering
Job finds realistic hope in the midst of his suffering by pursuing God's presence and in his startling glimpse of the resurrection: "You will long for the creature Your hands have made."
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Our Majestic Tear Collecting God
Ever wondered whether you really matter to God or not? Ever felt really alone, especially in times of heart ache and suffering? Check out this inspiring message from the Book of Relevation and discover that God loves you so much that He is ever present in times of pain and suffering. He cares so much about our pain that He collects every one of our tears.
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Disregard the Evidence
Do we see the beauty, mystery, and mercy with which God surrounds us—or only the problems in our lives? A folk proverb says, “90% of what a person sees lies behind the eyes.” It’s hard to see the big picture when our immediate problems consume us. And, even if we can’t change things, we want to understand them. Why do the wicked prosper and the innocent suffer? Why does a young mother get cancer? Why are people starving in some parts of the world, while others of us suffer the effects of overeating? Are some more deserving of life than others? Why? Why?
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A Heart Grown Cold: The Letter to the Church in Ephesus
Are we, as the church today, enduring the prosecution we experience and grow stronger, just as the church of Ephesus did? Or do we renounce our faith for "worldly safety"?
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The Guardian
Peter concludes his teaching on submission to authority with a straightforward address concerning the Servant Jesus. This passage is very likely an adaptation of an early Christian hymn about Christ. It suits Peter’s theme beautifully as, in close dependence upon Isaiah 53, it describes how Jesus, the Suffering Servant of the Lord, submitted to suffering in this world because of His obedience to His heavenly Father. Being obedient to His Father did not deliver Him from suffering, but led Him straight to it! Through His suffering we have found forgiveness, restoration, peace and healing.
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Lies, Part 5: Pain Should Be Avoided at All Costs
Part 5 in the series takes on the subtle lie that pain should be avoided at all costs.
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The Hope of Life
In Part 7 of the Garden and the Gospel, Pastor Jeremy takes us through Genesis 3:16-20 to show us how, even in the midst of this fallen and sinful world, the word of God gives us the hope of life in our homes, in our work, in our death, and in our future.
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The Reality of the Blues
We wait out the blues with hope, with promise, and with the presence of the Holy Spirit who is our guarantee that it will one day end.
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Job and Jesus
The story of Job show the life of a human being who pleased God and was considered to be prefect in his generation. As we examine the story we regularly find fault but we need to remember that Job is a fore-running type of Christ and the level of suffering that he endured is only a shadow of the suffering that Jesus subsequently endured.
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