Pain
and Suffering
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Introduction
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Pain
and Suffering are Part of Life
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We
have no "right" to be free from pain and suffering
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Scripture
tells us to expect suffering
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God
suffers
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Our priorities are not God's priorities | ||||
Why Do Pain and Suffering Exist? | ||||
We cannot fully understand this issue | ||||
We live in an imperfect world | ||||
1. The
rebellion of satan 2. The fall in Eden 3. There will be a world without pain and suffering |
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Pain and suffering serve a useful function | ||||
1. The
physical body 2. Responsibility for our choices 3. God uses suffering as a way to train and strengthen us 4. Pain and joy may be connected 5. God wants us to love him for who he is and not what he does for us |
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Why Me? | ||||
Why painful things can happen | ||||
1. Some
things just happen 2. Forces of evil 3. Self-inflicted pain 4. Suffering caused by God 5. Testing and strengthening 6. Illness and injury |
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Why is this thing happening to me? | ||||
Beware of pat answers | ||||
How Do We Deal With Pain and Suffering? | ||||
Scripture 02/04/2002