Church 8 June 2014
8 June 2014
Towards Belief - Suffering
Daniel 7:13, 14
: Ancient of Days
: Blessed be your name
: In Christ Alone
: I have decided to follow Jesus
Suffering
Job
Psalms
+ Ecclesiates
Psalm 22
- The Psalmist's Experience
-- Also that of Jesus.
The existence of pain does not prove the absence of love.
(You can't use it to disprove God's existence)
The existence of evil is the result of the fall; it is not part of God's original creation
Free Will - makes possible love as well as evil
A world of automata would not be capable of love
If there is no God, why should we be outraged when bad things happen to people?
In Jesus we meet a God who will defeat suffering by suffering Himself.
Look at the eternal perspective. Life on the other side of death will take your breath away.
2 Corinthians 2:47
Romans 8:18
Romans 8: 31 - 39
God is there in our suffering with us.
God justifies
: 10000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)